brahmacarya
(brahmacarya)
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brahmacharya |
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Total discipline required to master the Vedas and other branches of learning. |
| Long Description: |
Total discipline required to master the Vedas and other branches of learning. "Brahma" has the meaning of the Vedas here. Brahmacarya also denotes strict chastity; so a bramacārin has also come to mean a celibate. |
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