Upavitin, Upavītin, Upaviti, Upavītī, Upavīti: 9 definitions

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Upavitin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Upavītin (उपवीतिन्):—(von upavīta) adj. die Schnur tragend, genauer yajñopavītin die Schnur, wie zum Götteropfer gehört, über die linke Schulter tragend upavītin [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 17.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 7, 24.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 63.] yajñopa [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 4, 2, 1. 6, 1, 12. 18. 12, 5, 1, 6.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 19, 3, 24.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 1, 1.] [GṚHY. 3, 2. 7.] yajñopavītī devānāṃ prācīnāvītī pitṝṇām [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 1. 8. 67.] [Mahābhārata 3, 15841. 14, 1252.] śuklayajñopavītin [13, 844.] nāgayajñopa [746.] — Vgl. prācīnopavīta .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Upavītin (उपवीतिन्):—Adj. die heilige Schnur über die linke Schulter tragend.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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