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Sanskrit
Etymology
From उप (upa) + व्ये (vye, “to envelope, to wrap around”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wind; to cover, wrap”).
Pronunciation
Verb
उपव्ययते • (úpavyayate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root उपव्ये)
- to put on or invest oneself with the sacred thread
c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE,
Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) II.5.11:
- निवीतम् मनुष्याणाम् प्राचीनावीतम् पितृणाम् उपवीतं देवानाम् उपव्ययते देवलक्ष्मम् एव तत् कुरुते
- nivītam manuṣyāṇām prācīnāvītam pitṛṇām upavītaṃ devānām upavyayate devalakṣmam eva tat kurute
- He wears the thread around the neck for people, over the right shoulder for the ancestors, over the left for the the gods; verily he makes the mark of the gods.
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