पयोव्रत

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   payōvrata n S Living upon milk for a month. This, together with residence in a vaccary, is an expiation for receiving an unsuitable present.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पयो—व्रत  n.  n. a vow to subsist on nothing but milk, [BhP.]

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   offering m° to विष्णु and subsisting upon it for 12 days (also for 1 or 3 days as a religious act), [W.]
पयो—व्रत  mfn.  mf( आ)n. subsisting on nothing but m°, [ŚBr.]

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पयो व्रत

Shabda-Sagara

पयोव्रत  n.  ( -तं) Living upon milk for a month, which with prayer and residence in a cow house, is an expiation or receiving an unsuitable present; offering of milk to VISHṆU, and subsisting upon it for twelve days; also for one or for three days is consi- dered as a religious act.
    E. पयस् milk, and व्रत religious ovservance.

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