ब्रह्मचर्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ব্ৰহ্মচৰ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬩ᭄ᬭᬳ᭄ᬫᬘᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
- ব্রহ্মচর্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰿𑰦𑰓𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀘𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဗြဟ္မစရျ (Burmese script)
- બ્રહ્મચર્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਬ੍ਰਹ੍ਮਚਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌚𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦿꦲ꧀ꦩꦕꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂹𑂧𑂒𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ព្រហ្មចយ៌ (Khmer script)
- ພ຺ຣຫ຺ມຈຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ബ്രഹ്മചര്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᡵᠠᡥᠮᠠᢜᠠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘿𑘦𑘓𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠷᠠᠾᠮᠠᢋᠠᠷᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧠𑧆𑦳𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑑂𑐬𑐴𑑂𑐩𑐔𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢨ꣄ꢬꢲ꣄ꢪꢗꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑇀𑆫𑆲𑇀𑆩𑆖𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖿𑖦𑖓𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- බ්රහ්මචර්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲 𑪙𑩼𑪂 𑪙𑩴𑩡𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚶𑚢𑚏𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ப்³ரஹ்மசர்ய (Tamil script)
- బ్రహ్మచర్య (Telugu script)
- พฺรหฺมจรฺย (Thai script)
- བྲ་ཧྨ་ཙ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑓂𑒩𑒯𑓂𑒧𑒔𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑩇𑨫𑨱𑩇𑨢𑨣𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɐ.t͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bɾɐɦ.mɐ.t͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/
Noun
ब्रह्मचर्य • (brahmacárya) stem, n
- Brahmacharya: the study of the Veda
- the state of an unmarried religious student
- a state of continence and chastity
- in accusative with √grah, √car, √vas, ā-√gam, upa-√i — to practise chastity
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) | ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) | ब्रह्मचर्याणि (brahmacaryāṇi) |
| accusative | ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam) | ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) | ब्रह्मचर्याणि (brahmacaryāṇi) |
| instrumental | ब्रह्मचर्येण (brahmacaryeṇa) | ब्रह्मचर्याभ्याम् (brahmacaryābhyām) | ब्रह्मचर्यैः (brahmacaryaiḥ) |
| dative | ब्रह्मचर्याय (brahmacaryāya) | ब्रह्मचर्याभ्याम् (brahmacaryābhyām) | ब्रह्मचर्येभ्यः (brahmacaryebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ब्रह्मचर्यात् (brahmacaryāt) | ब्रह्मचर्याभ्याम् (brahmacaryābhyām) | ब्रह्मचर्येभ्यः (brahmacaryebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ब्रह्मचर्यस्य (brahmacaryasya) | ब्रह्मचर्ययोः (brahmacaryayoḥ) | ब्रह्मचर्याणाम् (brahmacaryāṇām) |
| locative | ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) | ब्रह्मचर्ययोः (brahmacaryayoḥ) | ब्रह्मचर्येषु (brahmacaryeṣu) |
| vocative | ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya) | ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) | ब्रह्मचर्याणि (brahmacaryāṇi) |
Related terms
- ब्रह्मचारिन् (brahmacārin) (brahma-cārín)
Descendants
- Tamil: பிரம்மச்சரியம் (pirammaccariyam)
- Thai: พรหมจรรย์ (prom-má-jan) (pom ma jan), พรหมจารี (prom-má-jaa-rii) (pom ma jā rī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ब्रह्मचर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0738.