as an adjective, which is derived from the terms yajña (sacrifice) and upavīta (worn). The literal meaning would then become "something worn on the body...

Jyotirlingam is the quadrangular Shakti around the Linga decorated by a Upavita as per the purana. This place came into light after it was excavated in...

fruitless. The yajñopavītam (Sanskrit: यज्ञोपवीतम्, sacred thread) worn as upavīta (i.e. in the proper manner of wearing it from over the left shoulder and...

- conch, mace/rod, discus/wheel and lotus - are depicted, the boar and lion faces, the garments of animal skins, and the serpent upavita are omitted....

uttariya by throwing it over the left shoulder only, in the style called upavita". There was another garment called pravara that they used to wear in cold...

uttariya by throwing it over the left shoulder only, in the style called upavita". There was another garment called pravara that they used to wear in cold...

uttariya by throwing it over the left shoulder only, in the style called upavita. The lower garment was called 'nivi' or 'nivi bandha', while the upper...

(forehead ornaments), makuta (crown), earrings, kelat bahu (armlet), necklace, upavita (body ornament of golden chains wore across the chest), bracelets, rings...

protruding with a shawl hanging between his legs; he is wearing a serpent upavita, a crown of supit urang, a grim face, and a thick transverse mustache;...

umbilical cord was looped around his body like a sacred brahmana thread (upavita) that left a permanent mark on the skin, as if foretelling his future role...

The four Buddha images are in meditating posture with Ushnisha (cap) and Upavita (upper garment). These had been thrown into fields and ponds during the...

& leaves. Anulepana : Unguents like sandalwood for anointing the body. Upavita : Offering sacred thread Some texts include all abovementioned articles(without...

umbilical cord was looped around his body like a sacred brahmana thread (upavita) that left a permanent mark on the skin, as if foretelling his future role...

at any age. The "sacred thread" (Sanskrit: यज्ञोपवीतम् yajñopavītam or upavīta) is a thin cord, composed of three cotton strands. Two ancient Sanskrit...