कुक्कुटव्रत

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कुक्कुट—व्रत  n.  n. a religious observance (worship of शिव, on the seventh of the light fortnight of the month भाद्र, by women, especially for the sake of offspring), [BhavP.]

ROOTS:

कुक्कुट व्रत

Shabda-Sagara

कुक्कुटव्रत  n.  ( -तं) A religious observation, (worship of SIVA,) on the seventh of the light fortnight of Bhadra, by women, especially for the sake of obtaining offsring.
E. कुक्कुट a howl, and व्रत religious rite; alluding to the fruitfulness of the hen.

ROOTS:

कुक्कुट व्रत