यज्ञोपवीत — {yajñôpavītá} n. the investiture of youths of the three twice-born castes with the sacred thread or (in later times) the thread itself (worn over the left shoulder and hanging down under the right##originally put on only during the performance of sacred ceremonies but its position occasionally changed [cf. {prācīnāviitin}, {niviitin}]##in modern times assumed by other castes, as by the Vaidyas or medical caste in Bengal##cf. {upanayana} and 192) &c. &c. ({-dāna} n. {-dhāraṇa-mantra} m. {-nāśa-prâyaścitta-prayoga} m. {-nirmāṇa-paddhati} f. {-paddhati} f. {-pratiṣṭhā} f. {-pratiṣṭhā-sañcikā} f. {-mantra} m. {-vidhi} m. N. of wks.)##{ta-ka} n. the sacred thread (cf. {bālayajñôpav})##{ta-vat} mfn. invested with the sacrifice thread##{tín} mfn. id.
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