ब्रह्मचारिन्

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

ब्रह्मचारिन् n.  एक देवगंधर्व, जो कश्यप एवं प्रावा का पुत्र था [म.आ.५९.४५] । महाभारत में अन्यत्र इसे क्रोधा का पुत्र कहा गया है । अर्जुन के जन्मोत्सव में यह उपस्थित था [म.आ.११४.३७] ।
ब्रह्मचारिन् II. n.  स्कंद का नामान्तर ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ब्रह्म—चारिन्  mfn.  mf( इणी)n. practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity, [RV.] &c. &c.

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ब्रह्म चारिन्

ब्रह्म—चारिन्  m.  m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the वेद (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Br° before marriage (in the first period of his life), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ( cf. आश्रम and, [IW. 192 &c.]; [RTL. 84 &c.]; the N. ब्रह्म-चारिन् is also given to older unmarried Brāhmans, esp. if versed in the वेद, and by the तन्त्रs to any person whose chief virtue is continence)

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ब्रह्म चारिन्

N. of a गन्धर्व, [MBh.]
of स्कन्द, [L.]
of शिव, [Śivag.]

Shabda-Sagara

ब्रह्मचारिन्  m.  ( -री) The Brahmachārī or religious student; the young Brāhman, from the time of his investiture with the cord, to the period of his becoming a householder: it is also applied to a per- son, who continues with his spiritual teacher, through life, study- ing the Vedas and observing the duties of the student; it is also given as a title to Pandits learned in the Vedas; to a class of ascetics; by the Tantras, it is assigned to persons whose chief virtue is the observance of continence; and it is assumed by many religious vagabonds. f. ( -रिणी A woman leading a life of con- tinence.
E. ब्रह्म the Veda and चर् to go or follow, aff. णिनि .

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ब्रह्म चर् णिनि .