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brahmacarya ब्रह्मचर्य – continence

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

continence

Derived from

  1. brahman ब्रह्मन् substantive neuter — brahman; sacred knowledge; the Absolute; ultimate ground; sacred word
  2. carya चर्य substantive neuter — conduct; practice
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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brahmacárya ·n. sacred study, the life and condition of a Brahman student, esp. abstinence, chastity; poss. °vantÅ.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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—Brahma-carya, am, n. sacred study, religious studentship, the condition of a young Brāhman or student in the first period of his life [cf. āśrama, brahma-cārin]; religious self-restraint, pious auste- rity, the controlling of the senses, abstinence, chastity, sanctity; (as), m. a religious student; (ā), f. chas- tity.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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brahmacárya (brahman + carya) n. heiliges Studium, Lebensweise und Stand eines Brahmanenschülers; insbes. Enthaltsamkeit, Keuschheit HALĀY. 2,242. ā̱cā̱ryòṇa brahmacā̱riṇàmicchate AV. 11,5,17. bra̱hma̱caryèṇa kanyā̱3̱̀ yuvā̀naṃ vindate̱ patìm AV. 11,5,18. TS. 6,3,10,5. mekhalāmābadhya daṇḍaṃ pradāya brahmacaryamādiśati brahmacāryasyapo 'śāna karma kuru divā mā svāpsīrācāryāyādhīno vedamadhīṣveti ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,22,1. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,22,2. NIR. 2,4. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 2,4. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 2,11. ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 2,12. CHĀND. UP. 8,5,1. fgg. KAP. 4,19. SUŚR. 1,7,7. MBH. 3,1809. MBH. 3,16869. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 8,a,37. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 275,a,3 v. u. brahmacaryāśrama MBH. 12,2325. Construirt mit vasḥ bra̱hma̱carya̱ṃ yadū̀ṣi̱ma AV. 7,109,7. AIT. BR. 5,14. TBR. 3,10,11,3. ŚAT. BR. 12,2,2,13. mit car TBR. 3,7,6,3. ŚAT. BR. 11,3,3,7. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,1,6. M. 2,249. ITIH._bei_SĀY._zu_TRIK. 1,125,1. mit āgam ŚAT. BR. 2,4,4,4. ŚAT. BR. 11,5,4,1. mit upa'i ŚAT. BR. 11,3,3,2. aputro 'pi sa jagrāha brahmacaryavrataṃ nṛpaḥ das Gelübde der Keuschheit KATHĀS. 6,90. avipluta˚ M. 3,2. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 3,13,47. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 16,1,19. GṚHY. 1,17. PRAŚNOP. 1,13. KAUŚ. 73. KAUŚ. 141. strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā Spr. 2242. tasyākṣuṇṇaṃ brahmacaryaṃ bhaviṣyati R. 1,8,9. R. 2,52,16. YOGAS. 2,30. HIT. 19,1. ˚vrate sthitaḥ BRAHMA-P. in LA. 51,7. BURN. Intr. 141. fg. veda˚ das Studium der Veden ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,22,3. PĀR. GṚHY. 2,5. brahmacaryā f. Keuschheit: kanyānāṃ brahmacaryā tvaṃ (brahmacaryatvaṃ die neuere Ausg.) saubhāgyaṃ pramadāsu ca (Durgā wird angeredet) HARIV. 3283. — Vgl. a˚, ati˚ und abrahmacaryaka.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

brahmacarya oder ˚caryā Enthaltsamkeit bei den Jaina SARVADARŚANAS. 32,22. — Vgl. 1. brahman 5〉.

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brahmacarya Keuschheit HEM. YOGAŚ. 1,19. YOGAŚ. 1,30.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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brahmacárya — 1〉 n. heiliges Studium, Lebensweise und Stand eines Brahmanenschülers; insbes. Enthaltsamkeit, Keuschheit. Der Acc. construirt mit vas, car, ā-gam, upa-i und (grah). — 2〉 f. ˚caryā Keuschheit Comm. zu ĀPAST. ŚR. 4,1,2.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

brahmacárya n. heiliges Studium (die Lebensstufe des Brahmanenschülers), Enthalt samkeit, Keuschheit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

brahmacarya n. (car) noviciat; règle de chasteté imposée aux novices.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.15-1.16*2: Factors of Practice 1 occurrence

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HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.35–39: Perfected Yamas 1 occurrence

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