ఉపనయనము
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Telugu[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
ఉపనయనం (upanayanaṁ)
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit उपनयन (upanayana) + -ము (-mu).
Noun[edit]
ఉపనయనము • (upanayanamu) ? (plural ఉపనయనములు)
- (Hinduism) investiture with the sacred thread, initiation of a youth of any of the first three castes into sacred study.
References[edit]
"ఉపనయనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 161