Alternative spellings of this word include Brahmacharyaskhalana.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

brahmacaryaskhalana (ब्रह्मचर्यस्खलन).—n S Breach of the observance (whether as a vow or as an appertaining personal duty) of perpetual abstinence from woman;--used esp. of the Brahman.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brahmacaryaskhalana (ब्रह्मचर्यस्खलन) or Brahmacaryyaskhalana.—n.

(-naṃ) Incontinence. E. brahmacarya and skhakhana deviating from.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brahmacaryaskhalana (ब्रह्मचर्यस्खलन):—[=brahma-carya-skhalana] [from brahma-carya > brahma > brahman] n. deviating from ch°, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brahmacaryaskhalana (ब्रह्मचर्यस्खलन):—[brahma-carya-skhalana] (naṃ) 1. n. Incontinence.

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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.

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Partial matches: Skhalana, Brahmacarya.

Full-text: Brahmacaryyaskhalana.

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