bhautika (-brahmacaarin)

[Joerg Gengnagel]

Dear Reinhold Gruenendahl,

it might be helbful to consult Hélène Brunner´s edition of the 
Somashambhupaddhati, Vol.3. Especially the foonotes on the vratANgas (p.148f. 
and p.542f) and the references. The bhautika-brahmacArins are here - as you 
suspect - per definition those who "s´engagent dans l´observance du brahmacarya 
pour une durée limitée." (p.542) Another - less convincing - interpretation is 
the paralelism between "bubhukshu - bhautika" and "mumukshu - nai.s.tika" 
(p.152).  

Best 
Joerg Gengnagel

South Asia Institute, Heidelberg