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From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. one who has descended
  2. one who has fallen (in virtue)
  3. in brahminical mores, a brahmachārī (who is interpreted as one strictly obligated to abstain from sexual activity and sensual pleasure) who has experienced sexual pleasure with a woman (M. Sańhitā).

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