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investiture

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
आनाय - AnAya -
m.
 - investiture
पुनःसंस्कार - punaHsaMskAra -
m.
 - renewed investiture
व्रतादेश - vratAdeza -
m.
 - investiture with the sacred cord
औपवीतिक - aupavItika -
n.
 - investiture with the sacred thread
ब्रह्मजन्मन् - brahmajanman -
n.
 - investiture with the sacred thread
पवित्रारोपण - pavitrAropaNa -
n.
 - investiture with the Brahmanical cord
मुञ्जबन्धन - muJjabandhana -
n.
 - investiture with the Brahmanical girdle
उपनायन - upanAyana -
n.
 - ceremony of investiture with the sacred thread
पित्र्युपवीत - pitryupavIta -
n.
 - investiture with the thread sacred to the pitRs
सावित्रीमहानाम्य - sAvitrImahAnAmya - ceremony of investiture with recital of the sAvitrI
शाणी - zANI -
f.
 - single breadth of cloth given to a student at his investiture
अग्निसूत्र - agnisUtra -
n.
 - girdle of sacrificial grass put upon a young Brahman at his investiture
पतितसावित्रीक - patitasAvitrIka -
m.
 - man of the first 3 classes whose investiture has been unduly performed or omitted
यज्ञोपवीत - yajJopavIta -
n.
 - investiture of youths of the three twice-born castes with the sacred thread or the thread itself
वाग्दुष्ट - vAgduSTa -
m.
 - out-caste or a Brahman who has passed the proper time of life without investiture with the sacred thread
Monier Williams
English
INVESTITURE,
s.
 (Investing with any office) प्रतिष्ठापनं, प्रतिष्ठा,
अभिषेकः, अभिषेचनं, अधिकारप्रवेशकरणं, पदस्थापनं -ना.
— (With
the sacrificial cord, or yajnopavīta) उपनयः -यनं, आनयः -यनं,
मौञ्जीबन्धनं, पवित्रारोपणं.
Borooah
English
INVESTITURE:
(1) प्रतिष्ठा (?)
(2) अभिषेकः (of
kings)
(3) उपनयः, -नम् (of the first three
castes with their thread).