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ब्रह्मचारिणीbrahmacāriṇī

ब्रह्मचारिणी (brahmacāriṇī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a young Brahman who studies the Veda under a preceptor, one who practices chastity and continence, name of a Gandharva, an epithet of Skanda, of Shiva, an epithet of Durga. Its 11 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Chaste woman / Epithet of Durgā, Epithet/Name for specific male deities or beings, Names of plants.

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Meanings by context

Chaste woman / Epithet of Durgā

3 definitions
an epithet of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a woman who observes the vow of chastity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. An epithet of Durga. 2. A woman who observes the vow of chastity.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Epithet/Name for specific male deities or beings

3 definitions
Name of a Gandharva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Skanda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Names of plants

2 definitions
Clerodendrum Siphonanthus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Thespesia populneoides

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Male religious student / practitioner of chastity

1 definition
1. A young Brahman who studies the Veda under a preceptor. 2. One who practices chastity and continence.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Practicing sacred study or chastity (adjective)

1 definition
practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Synonym for करुणी

1 definition
karuni

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 2 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.