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)
• ᠪᠷᠠᠾᠮᠠᢋᠠᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (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.mɐˈt͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/

Noun

ब्रह्मचर्य • (brahmacárya) stem, n

1. Brahmacharya: the study of the Veda
2. the state of an unmarried religious student
3. a state of continence and chastity

   in accusative with √grah, √car, √vas, ā-√gam, upa-√i — to practise chastity

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ब्रह्मचर्य
Nom. sg.	ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam)
Gen. sg.	ब्रह्मचर्यस्य (brahmacaryasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ब्रह्मचर्यम् (brahmacaryam)	ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye)	ब्रह्मचर्याणि (brahmacaryāṇi)
Vocative	ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya)	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)

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.