any religious act or obligation enjoined by the gods

used

orthography

apply, employ, use

the one who is observing fast

pledge to abstain from something

(Music) one of the twenty-two types of Gamak that mixed with other rhyme due to a special process

the masculine of brat-dhaarnii

keep fast

complete fasting after eating something

a vow in one's heart to do or not to do something

a grant to a Brahman

cash, money that should be paid for the purpose of distributing food between the poor and travelers

Exclusive love and devotion in the husband (of the wife)

fast unto death

a religious vow to remain silent, a vow (or the observance of a vow) of silence

alms or free food distributed daily to the poor or travellers, etc., poor house free mess

monogamous, loyalty to wife

to perform religious rites