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Sanskrit and Vraj philosophical terms used across the Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Bhaktachintamani, sourced verbatim from Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Bhuj-Kutch's own published Vachanamrut glossary appendix — not written by us.
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- brahm-chãri
- 1) A brãhman who has been initiated as a tyãgi into the Swãminãrãyan sampradãy. Such brahm-chãris were given special priestly authority, such as personal sevaks to the murtis within mandirs, and as the performers of other religious ceremonies. 2) A person who observes brahm-chãrya; leads a life of celibacy. 3) A person who is in the first stage of life, brahm-chãrya ãshram.
- naishtik
- A person who follows the eight types of brahm-chãrya, brahm-chãri which prevent them from associating with the opposite gender in the following ways: shravanam - listening to or of keertanam - talking to or of keli - frolicking with prekshanam - intentionally looking at guhyabhãshanam - privately conversing with sankalp - fantasising about adhyavasãya - thinking of kriyã - intercourse with
- urdhvaretã
- Strict brahm-chãri who does not allow the ejaculation of semen.