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[chethinie]

What is the Direct English translation of the Pali word Brahmachari? Does this Pali word have other synonym words in Pali as well?

[culaavuso]

The Pali-English Dictionary defines brahmacariya as:

a term (not in the strictly Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, particularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaŋ cariyaŋ brahmāṇaŋ vā cariyaŋ=brahmacariyaŋ KhA 151); esp. in Buddh. sense the moral life, holy life, religious life, as way to end suffering, Vin i.12, 19, renouncing the world, study of the Dhamma

It also says it's a compound of brahma and cariya

Brahma is defined as:

the supreme good; as a buddhistic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in controversy with Brahmans); a state like that of Brahmā (or Brahman)

While cariya is defined as:

conduct, behaviour, state of, life of.

[chethinie]

Thank you Very much !