Abrahmacarya: 8 definitions
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Abrahmacarya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Abrahmacharya.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य) refers to “lust”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “You enjoyed pleasures (rāga) as if they were happiness; when the sickness of lust (abrahmacarya-vyādhi) increases, you seek women outside, but the more you find, the more your torment increases. It is like when one suffers from scabies (kacchū), one goes near the fire, one scratches one’s hands and roasts them. At that time, one feels a little joy, but in the long run the sickness increases in intensity. This little joy, it too becomes the cause of sickness: it was not a true happiness or the elimination of the sickness. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य).—a.
1) Unchaste.
-ryam, -ryakam 1 Unchastity.
2) Sexual union.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य) or Abrahmacaryya.—n.
(-ryaṃ) 1. Incontinence. 2. Coition. E. a neg. and brahmacarya the duty of the religious student, i. e. chastity; also with kan added abrahmacaryaka n. (-kaṃ.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य):—[=a-brahmacarya] mfn. not keeping a vow of continence, unchaste, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ryam) 1) Unchastity.
2) Coition. E. a neg. and brahmacarya. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m.
(-ryaḥ) Unchaste, voluptuous. E. a priv. and brahmacarya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbrahmacarya (अब्रह्मचर्य):—[a-brahma-carya] (yyaḥ-yyā-yyaṃ) 1. n. Incontinence; copulation.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Carya, Abrahma, A, Brahmacarya.
Starts with: Abrahmacaryaka, Abrahmacaryamvada.
Ends with: Ajivabrahmacarya, Ghorabrahmacarya, Naishthikabrahmacarya, Sabrahmacarya, Turagabrahmacarya, Vedabrahmacarya.
Full-text: Abrahmacaryaka, Abrahmacaryya.
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