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- Upanayana (Sanskrit: उपनयन, romanized: upanayana, lit. 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of p****age...
- parents mark this rite of p****age in the third year of the child. Upanayana (IAST:Upanayana, Sanskrit: उपनयन) literally means "the act of leading to or near"...
- conducted the Upanayana ceremonies according to the Kanyaki Purana, a late medieval Telugu text sacred to the Komatis. These Upanayana ceremonies were...
- also cited in a number of grhyasutras, mostly in connection with the upanayana ceremony in which it has a significant role[citation needed]. The ****atri...
- and Vaishyas (farmers, herders and merchants) — whose samskara of the Upanayana initiation was regarded as a second or spiritual birth. The word Dvija...
- as gurukalas were residential. The training of a student started from Upanayana ritual, which traditionally was performed between four[citation needed]...
- formulas for magic, but also the daily rituals for initiation into learning (upanayana), marriage and funerals. Royal rituals and the duties of the court priests...
- Shivaji's own caste and eligibility for investiture with the sacred thread (Upanayana), coronation as Chhatrapati (Abhisheka), and parti****tion in other high...
- Narasaraopet, Andhra Pradesh. He was a religiously minded child. His upanayana ceremony was performed when he was seven years of age. In addition to...
- one who imparts knowledge of the entire Veda to a student and performs upanayana sanskar. According to Nirukta, an ancillary discipline ****ociated with...