ब्रह्मचर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɐ.t͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɐˈt͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/

Noun

ब्रह्मचर्य • (brahmacárya) stem, 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 (brahmacārin) (brahma-cārín)

Descendants

• Tamil: பிரம்மச்சரியம் (pirammaccariyam)
• Thai: พรหมจรรย์ (prom-má-jan) (pom ma jan), พรหมจารี (prom-má-jaa-rii) (pom ma jā rī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रह्मचर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0738.