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    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 55.
    asidhārāvrata n. a vow to stand on the edge of a sword; i.e. a hopeless task.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 120, col. 2.
    asi—dhārā—vrata n. an exceedingly difficult task, Pañcat. &c.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 555, col. 1.
    asidhārāvrata na0 asidhārāyāṃ sthitiriva duṣkaraṃ vratam .
    asidhārāsthiti tulyaduṣkare vrate asidhārāyāṃ sthitau manāk
    skhalane yathā nāśaḥ evaṃ manākskhalane yatrāniṣṭaṃ, tādṛśe-
    vrate tacca yādavena darśitaṃ yathā . “yuvā yuvatyā sārddhaṃ yan
    mugdhā bharttṛvadācaret . antarnivṛttasaṅgaḥsyādasidhārāvrataṃ
    hi tat “asidhārāvratamidaṃ sakhe yadariṇā saha saṃvāsaḥ”
    hito0 satāṃ kenoddiṣṭaṃ vipulamasidhārāvratamidam” nītiḥ .

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 30.
    asidhārā-vrata (EI 16), name of a vow.

    Tāntrikābhidhānakośa

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 161.