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Brahmacharya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | This stage of life is preceded by the Upanayanam of the child, during which ceremony, he is considered to be born again. |
 | | It is the first in the four phases of a man, namely, Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, and finally Sanyasa, as prescribed by Manusmriti for the Dhwija castes, in the Hindu system of life. |
 | | The practise of bhrahmacharya among other things requires one to be celibate. |
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