Brahmacārins
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brahmacārins · brahmacārin · chaste student · naiṣṭhika · upakurvāṇa
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Vedic religious students (brahmacārins), the subject of blessing and initiation formulas.
As waters flow downhill, as months pass day by day into old age, so, O Dhātar, may brahmacharins come to me always.
You are the chaste student of Agni;
May the brahmacharins come to me — svāhā!
Vīramitrodaya
Vedic students (both perpetual and temporary) obligated to perform the Upākarma rite.
And this Upākarma should be performed by Brahmacārins, householders, and forest-dwellers, because it is obligatory.
'Brahmacārins' means perpetual students (*naiṣṭhika*), because for temporary students (*upakurvāṇa*), it is already established by the fact that it is for the sake of study.