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upanayana: neuter vocative singular stem: upanayana

Monier-Williams Search

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upanayana

n. the act of leading to or near, bringing

upanayana

n. employment, application

upanayana

n. introduction (into any science)

upanayana

n. leading or drawing towards one's self

upanayana

n. that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve saṃskāra-s or purificatory rites [prescribed in the dharma-- sūtra-s and explained in the gṛhya-- sūtra-s] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the veda- by heart;a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to hiraṇyakeśin-;or eighth from conception, according to śāṅkhāyana- etc.], a kṣatriya- in the eleventh, a vaiśya- in the twelfth;but the term could be delayed)

upanayana

n. See

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upanayanacintāmaṇi

m. Name of work

upanayanalakṣaṇa

n. Name of work

bhagavadupanayana

n. "initiation of bhagavat-", Name of work

punarupanayana

n. a second initiation of a Brahman (when the first has been vitiated by partaking of forbidden food; see punaḥ-saṃskāra-)

punarupanayanaprayoga

m. Name of work

punarupanayanavidhāna

n. Name of work

punarupanayanavidhi

m. Name of work

samupanayana

n. the act of leading near to

Apte Search

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upanayanam

उपनयनम् 1 Leading to or near. -2 Presenting, offering; धारासारोपनयनपरा नैगमाः सानुमन्तः V.4.13. -3 Investiture with the acred thread; गर्भाष्टमे ब्राह्मण उपनेय इत्युपनयनं संस्कारार्थम् Mbh.6.6.84. आसमावर्तनात्कुर्यात् कृतोपनयनो द्विजः Ms.2.18,173. -4 Employment, application. -5 Introduction (into any science).

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upanayana-ādi	beginning with offering the sacred thread or training the conditioned soul to qualify as a bona fide brāhmaṇa	SB 5.14.30

upanayana-ādi	beginning with offering the sacred thread or training the conditioned soul to qualify as a bona fide brāhmaṇa	SB 5.14.30

upanayanaiḥ	and bringing home	SB 10.69.33

upanayanam	Gāyatrī initiation	SB 11.17.22

upanayanam	His marriage	SB 10.53.30

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upanayana	noun (neuter) application (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) bringing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) employment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) introduction (into any science) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) leading or drawing towards one's self (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes; one of the twelve Saṃskāras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the act of leading to or near (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 7076/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks

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upanayana	one of the sixteen rites.

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upanayana

upanayanam

hindūdharmānusāreṇa ṣoḍaśasaṃskāreṣu ekaḥ yasmin bālakaḥ yajñopavītaṃ dhārayati।

mama upanayanam navame varṣe abhavat।

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