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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...
- 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...
- 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"...
- the Upanayana when they turn seven years old to initiate their Vedic studies. It is also known as Brahmopadesha. The key ritual during the Upanayana is...
- and Vaishyas (farmers, herders and merchants) — whose samskara of the Upanayana initiation was regarded as a second or spiritual birth. The word Dvija...
- from Upanayana ritual. It was performed between four and nine years of age. After it, the student was sent to Gurukula for the study. In the upanayana an...
- ****amese Brahmins are the Brahmin community present in the ****amese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well...
- his mother was a Muslim, Brahmin priests refused to conduct the Hindu upanayana ceremony for him. Thus, Bajirao ordered that he be raised as a Muslim...
- Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...