brahmacārin | ब्रह्मचारिन् | brahmacArin
brahma—cāri/n | ब्रह्म—चारि/न् | mf(iṛī | इऋई |)n. practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity, RV. &c. &c.
brahma—cāri/n | ब्रह्म—चारि/न् | m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Br˚ before marriage (in the first period of his life), AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. āṣrama | आष्रम | and IW. 192 &c.; RTL. 84 &c.; the N. Brahma-cārin is also given to older unmarried Brāhmans, esp. if versed in the Veda, and by the Tantras to any person whose chief virtue is continence)
N. of a Gandharva, MBh.
of Skanda, L.
of Śiva, Śivag.
brahma—cāri/n | ब्रह्म—चारि/न् | m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Br˚ before marriage (in the first period of his life), AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. āṣrama | आष्रम | and IW. 192 &c.; RTL. 84 &c.; the N. Brahma-cārin is also given to older unmarried Brāhmans, esp. if versed in the Veda, and by the Tantras to any person whose chief virtue is continence)
N. of a Gandharva, MBh.
of Skanda, L.
of Śiva, Śivag.