brahmacarya (brahmacarya)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: brahmacharya

Short Description: 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.