| brahmacārin ब्रह्मचारिन् Definition: m. a young Brahman who is a student of the veda- (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Brahman before marriage (in the first period of his life)  etc. (see āśrama-and ;the N. brahma-cārin- is also given to older unmarried Brahmans, especially if versed in the veda-, and by the tantra-s to any person whose chief virtue is continence) |