उपनयन
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Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- উপনয়ন (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬧᬦᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
- উপনয়ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰢𑰡𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀧𑀦𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဥပနယန (Burmese script)
- ઉપનયન (Gujarati script)
- ਉਪਨਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌪𑌨𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦥꦤꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂣𑂢𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಪನಯನ (Kannada script)
- ឧបនយន (Khmer script)
- ອຸປນຍນ (Lao script)
- ഉപനയന (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢒᠠᠨᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘢𑘡𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢒᠠᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧂𑧁𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐥𑐣𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଉପନଯନ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢦꢥꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆥𑆤𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖢𑖡𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
- උපනයන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩯𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚞𑚝𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
- உபநயந (Tamil script)
- ఉపనయన (Telugu script)
- อุปนยน (Thai script)
- ཨུ་པ་ན་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒣𑒢𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨝𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
उपनयन • (upanayana) stem, n
- the act of leading to or near, bringing
- employment, application
- introduction (into any science)
- leading or drawing towards oneself
- that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve संस्कारs or purificatory rites [prescribed in the धर्म- सूत्रs and explained in the गृह्य- सूत्रs] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the वेद by heart ; a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to हिरण्यकेशिन् ; or eighth from conception, according to शाङ्खायन etc.], a क्षत्रिय in the eleventh, a वैश्य in the twelfth ; but the term could be delayed)