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brahmacārin

brahma—cārín mf(iRI)n. practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity, [RV.] &c. &c.

brahma—cārín m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Brāhman before marriage (in the first period of his life), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. āśrama 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.]