vrataya | व्रतय | vrataya
vrataya | व्रतय | Nom. P. vrata/yati | व्रत/यति |, to drink the (hot) Vrata-milk (also with payas | पयस् | &c.), TS.; Kāṭh.; ŚBr.; to eat or drink after a fast, TāṇḍyaBr.; AitĀr., Sch., (w.r. avrajayat | अव्रजयत् |) ; to observe a vow, MW.; to fast or practise any abstinence in consequence of a vow, ib.; to avoid certain kinds of food (as Śūdra food), Pāṇ. iii, 5, 21, Sch.; to eat together, MW.