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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अनाशकायनम्anāśakāyanamThe state of ब्रह्मचर्य, unmarried or student's life, devoted to contemplation and knowledge of the soul; अथ…

[न नश्यति अनाशकः आत्मा तस्यायनं प्राप्त्यु- पायः]

The state of ब्रह्मचर्य, unmarried or student's life, devoted to contemplation and knowledge of the soul; अथ यदनाशकायनमित्या चक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तत् । एष ह्यात्मा न नश्यति यं ब्रह्मचर्येणानुविन्दते Ch. Up.8.5.3; a course of fasting as a penance (?).

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