व्रात

{ vrātḥ }

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. समूह ; जमाव . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

व्रात    a &c. See below.
व्रात  m.  b m. (connected with √ 1. वृ, or with व्रत॑ and √ 2. वृ) a multitude, flock, assemblage, troop, swarm, group, host ( व्रा॑तं व्रातम्, in companies or troops; प॑ञ्च व्रा॑तास्, the five races of men), association, guild, [RV.] &c. &c.
the company or attendants at a marriage feast, [W.]
मनुष्य   = , [Naigh. ii, 3]
व्रात्य   the descendant of an out-caste Brāhman &c. (= ), [L.]
व्रात  n.  n. manual or bodily labour, day-labour, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

व्रातः [vrātḥ]   A multitude, group, flock, an assemblage; श्वपाकानां व्रातैः [G. L.29;] [R.12.94;] [Śi.4.35.]
तम् Bodily or manual labour.
Day-labour.
Casual employment.
The company or attendants at a marriage feast. -Comp.
-जीवन a.  a. see व्रातीन.
-पतिः   lord of an assemblage.

Shabda-Sagara

व्रात  m.  ( -तः)
1. A multitude, an assemblage.
2. The descendant of an outcaste Brāhman, &c.
3. The company and attendants at a marriage feast.
 n.  ( -तं)
1. Manual or bodily labour.
2. Day-labour, employment of a precarious kind.
3. Casual employment.
E. वृ to choose, aff. अतच् and the vowel made long; or व्रत a religious observance, or व्रात्य an outcaste, aff. अण् .

ROOTS:

वृ अतच् व्रत व्रात्य अण् .