brAhmaRya
brāhmaṇya , adj. (in Skt. only brah°, and in Pali only brahmañña; regularly follows śrāmaṇya, the long ā of which seems to have influenced this word in BHS ), devoted to brahmans ; regularly after mātṛjña, pitṛjña, śrāmaṇya; see s.v. mātṛjña for references. In some passages of Mv the mss. read brahmaṇya. Cf. a-brā° .