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- Upanayana (Sanskrit: उपनयनम्, lit. 'initiation', IAST: Upanayanam) 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...
- 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"...
- form was known by the Buddha. The mantra is an important part of the upanayana ceremony. Modern Hindu reform movements spread the practice of the mantra...
- and Vaishyas (farmers, herders and merchants) — whose samskara of the Upanayana initiation was regarded as a second or spiritual birth. The word Dvija...
- 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...
- ****amese Brahmins are the Brahmins present in the ****amese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well as imparting...
- oppressions, the Brahmins refused to perform the Upanayana of the Shudras. Owing to the denial of Upanayana, the Shudras who were Kshatriyas became socially...
- Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin...
- Namakarana Nishkramana Annaprashana Chudakarana Karnavedha Vidyarambha Upanayana Keshanta Ritushuddhi Samavartana Vivaha Antyeshti Festivals Diwali Holi...