As a deity name
Name 512 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman who observes the vow of chastity
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "brahmacāriṇyai" is the dative of "brahmacāriṇī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "brahmacāriṇyai" is the dative of "brahmacārin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
brahma—cāriṇī (iṇī), f. N. of Durgā, DevīP.
a woman who observes the vow of chastity, W.
brahma—cārin mf(iṇī)n. practising sacred study as an unmarried student, observing chastity, RV. &c. &c.
brahma—cārin m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) or who practises chastity, a young Br˚ before marriage (in the first period of his life), AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. āśrama and IW. 192 &c.; RTL. 84 &c.; the N. Brahma-cārin is also given to older unmarried Brāhmans, esp. if versed in the Veda, and by the Tantras to any person whose chief virtue is continence)
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