one bound by a vow (vrata); the designation for early Indo-Āryan, but non-Vedic, combatant fraternities in North East India (which eventually became the ancient kingdom of Magadha, now Bihār and West Bengal). They are likely to have been the...

Vrata is also a commune in Mehedinţi County, Romania, see: Vrata, Mehedinţi. In the context of Hinduism and Hindu mythology, the term vrata denotes a religious practice to carry out certain obligations with a view to achieve divine blessing for...