ब्रह्मचर्य

Sanskrit

Noun

ब्रह्मचर्य (brahma-cárya) n

  1. Brahmacharya: the study of the Veda
  2. the state of an unmarried religious student
  3. a state of continence and chastity
    in accusative with √grah, √car, √vas, ā-√gam, upa-√i — to practise chastity

Declension

Related terms

  • ब्रह्मचारिन् (brahma-cārín)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0738
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