ब्रह्मचारिन्brahmacārinmf(इणी)n. practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity RV. &c.
- mf(इणी)neuter gender practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity fg-veda etc.
- masculine gender a young Bra1hman Brahman who is a student of the Veda वेद (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Br Bra1hman Brahman before marriage (in the first period of his life) AV. Mn. MBh. etc. (confer, compare आश्रम and IW. 192 etc. RTL. 84 etc.; the Name Brahma-ca1rin ब्रह्म-चारिन् is also given to older unmarried Bra1hmans Brahmans, especially if versed in the Veda वेद, and by the Tantras तन्त्र s to any person whose chief virtue is continence)
- masculine gender Name of a Gandharva गन्धर्व MBh.
- masculine gender of Skanda स्कन्द Lexicographers
- masculine gender of S3iva शिव S3ivag.
- masculine gender a woman who observes the vow of chastity W.
- masculine gender Clerodendrum Siphonantus Lexicographers (varia lectio that the rest of a word is to be suppliedरणी)
- masculine gender Thespesia Populneoides Lexicographers
- masculine gender Equivalent to करुणी Lexicographers
Source: Monier-Williams