Upanayana (Sanskrit: उपनयन, romanized: upanayana, lit. 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage...
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In Hindu and Jain traditions, the upanayana ceremony marks a boy's entry into formal education, involving the tying of a sacred thread around the torso...
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conducted the Upanayana ceremonies according to the Kanyaki Purana, a late medieval Telugu text sacred to the Komatis. These Upanayana ceremonies were...
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Gayatri Mantra (section Upanayana ceremony)
also cited in a number of grhyasutras, mostly in connection with the upanayana ceremony in which it has a significant role[citation needed]. The Gayatri...
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parents mark this rite of passage in the third year of the child. Upanayana (IAST:Upanayana, Sanskrit: उपनयन) literally means "the act of leading to or near"...
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and Vaishyas (farmers, herders and merchants) — whose samskara of the Upanayana initiation was regarded as a second or spiritual birth. The word Dvija...
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Upanayana when they turn seven years old to initiate them into Vedic studies. It is also known as Brahmopadesha. The key ritual during the Upanayana is...
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Assamese Brahmin (section Lagundeoni/Upanayana)
Assamese Brahmins are the Brahmin community present in the Assamese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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Nāmakaraṇa Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyāraṃbhaṃ Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyesti Festivals Diwali Holi...
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present-day Korea Tripidium bengalense, synonym Saccharum munja, a grass Upanayana, a Hindu ceremony Vakpati Munja, 10th century Paramara king from Malwa...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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Nāmakaraṇa Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyāraṃbhaṃ Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyesti Festivals Diwali Holi...
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one who imparts knowledge of the entire Veda to a student and performs upanayana sanskar. According to Nirukta, an ancillary discipline associated with...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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position on the floor. [citation needed] Shivalli Brahmin males undergo the Upanayana when they turn seven years old to initiate them into Vedic studies.[citation...
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Narasaraopet, Andhra Pradesh. He was a religiously minded child. His upanayana ceremony was performed when he was seven years of age. In addition to...
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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...
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Varuna and ask for calm water and avoidance of natural water calamities. Upanayana is a popular ritual of Narali Purnima. "Narali Purnima 2021: All hail...
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Karnavedha (ear piercing), Vidyarambha (baby's start with knowledge), Upanayana (entry into a school rite), Keshanta and Ritusuddhi (first shave for boys...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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birth or marriage, and festivals, such as Holi, Surya Shasti, Kali Puja, Upanayana, and Durga Puja. Traditionally, painting was one of the skills that was...
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Nāmakaraṇa Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyāraṃbhaṃ Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyesti Festivals Diwali Holi...
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oppressions, the Brahmins refused to perform the Upanayana of the Shudras. Owing to the denial of Upanayana, the Shudras who were Kshatriyas became socially...
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Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
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Gurukulas, Yajñopavita - sacred thread - is worn. This ceremony is called Upanayana or Upakarma Sanskar. The old Yajñopavita is also changed on this day....
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Rambhadracharya (section Upanayana and discourses)
Tulsidas, and many other works in Sanskrit and Indian literature. Giridhar's Upanayana (sacred thread ceremony) was performed on Nirjala Ekadashi (the Ekadashi...
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auspicious events. During traditional Hindu initiation ceremonies such as Upanayana that marks the acceptance of a student by a preceptor and Vidyāraṃbhaṃ...
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