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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...
- tirtha, the
janeu or
yagnopavita resting on
right shoulder falling to left side on the hip. This is
known as
upsavya as the
yagnopavita is
resting on the...
- Rama's
image consists of
Kundalas (ear-rings),
haras (garlands), valayas,
yagnopavita (sacred thread) and so forth. Lakshmana's
figure is
sculpted in tribhanga...
- He
wears a
yagnopavita (sacred thread)
across the chest,
which is
sometimes represented as a naga-
yagnopavita (a
snake worn as a
yagnopavita) or a string...
- vastra-mekhala. This
extends round the
whole shaft of the linga. He has no
yagnopavita or
sacred thread.
Emerging from a
complicated turban-like head-covering...
- a
tiger skin
around his waist. He
wears various ornaments and a long
yagnopavita (sacred thread)
across his chest. In
later images,
Ekapada tends to be...
- in
other hand. He
wears a
garland across the
chest in the
style of a
yagnopavita (sacred thread).
Ganesha is
adorned with a
necklace of
small bells. This...
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greatly adept in
controlling breath,
draped in deer skin,
wearing the
yagñopavīta, with a kamaṇḍalu near him, with one hand
placed in
front of the crossed...
- toes and fingers. A
snake is also tied
around his
waist and a
white yagnopavita (sacred thread) is worn
across the chest.
Bhikshatana is
often pictured...
- like a crown, armbands,
necklaces etc.,
symbolic of
royalty and the
yagnopavita (sacred thread). In his
eight arms, he is
prescribed in the
texts to...
