यज्ञोपवीत
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যজ্ঞোপৱীত (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚ᭄ᬜᭀᬧᬯᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
- যজ্ঞোপবীত (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰺𑰢𑰪𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑁆𑀜𑁄𑀧𑀯𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇ္ဉောပဝီတ (Burmese script)
- યજ્ઞોપવીત (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜ੍ਞੋਪਵੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍋𑌪𑌵𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦘꦺꦴꦥꦮꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂷𑂣𑂫𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತ (Kannada script)
- យជ្ញោបវីត (Khmer script)
- ຍຊ຺ໂຎປວີຕ (Lao script)
- യജ്ഞോപവീത (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠣᢒᠠᠸᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘻𑘢𑘪𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᡛᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᠸᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧜𑧂𑧊𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑑂𑐘𑑀𑐥𑐰𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଯଜ୍ଞୋପଵୀତ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙ꣄ꢛꣂꢦꢮꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆾𑆥𑆮𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖺𑖢𑖪𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
- යඥොපවීත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩕𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚴𑚞𑚦𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
- யஜ்ஞோபவீத (Tamil script)
- యజ్ఞోపవీత (Telugu script)
- ยชฺโญปวีต (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛྙོ་པ་ཝཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒼𑒣𑒫𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨆𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Compound of यज्ञ (yajña) + उपवीत (upavīta); see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
यज्ञोपवीत • (yajñopavītá) stem, n
- the sacred thread worn (over the left shoulder and hanging under the right) by boys and men of the three द्विज (dvija, “twice-born”) castes
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 4.36:
- वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम् ।
यज्ञोपवीतं वेदं च शुभं रौक्मे च कुण्डले । ।- vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum.
yajñopavītaṃ vedaṃ ca śubhaṃ raukme ca kuṇḍale.. - He shall carry a staff of bamboo, a pot full of water, the sacred string, a bundle of Kusa grass, and (wear) two bright golden ear-rings.
- vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum.
- वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम् ।
- the investiture of young men with the said sacred thread
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | यज्ञोपवीतम् (yajñopavītám) | यज्ञोपवीते (yajñopavīté) | यज्ञोपवीतानि (yajñopavītā́ni) यज्ञोपवीता¹ (yajñopavītā́¹) |
| vocative | यज्ञोपवीत (yájñopavīta) | यज्ञोपवीते (yájñopavīte) | यज्ञोपवीतानि (yájñopavītāni) यज्ञोपवीता¹ (yájñopavītā¹) |
| accusative | यज्ञोपवीतम् (yajñopavītám) | यज्ञोपवीते (yajñopavīté) | यज्ञोपवीतानि (yajñopavītā́ni) यज्ञोपवीता¹ (yajñopavītā́¹) |
| instrumental | यज्ञोपवीतेन (yajñopavīténa) | यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् (yajñopavītā́bhyām) | यज्ञोपवीतैः (yajñopavītaíḥ) यज्ञोपवीतेभिः¹ (yajñopavītébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | यज्ञोपवीताय (yajñopavītā́ya) | यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् (yajñopavītā́bhyām) | यज्ञोपवीतेभ्यः (yajñopavītébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | यज्ञोपवीतात् (yajñopavītā́t) | यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् (yajñopavītā́bhyām) | यज्ञोपवीतेभ्यः (yajñopavītébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | यज्ञोपवीतस्य (yajñopavītásya) | यज्ञोपवीतयोः (yajñopavītáyoḥ) | यज्ञोपवीतानाम् (yajñopavītā́nām) |
| locative | यज्ञोपवीते (yajñopavīté) | यज्ञोपवीतयोः (yajñopavītáyoḥ) | यज्ञोपवीतेषु (yajñopavītéṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Kashmiri: योञ (yōñ)
- Pali: yaññopavīta
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀈𑀅 (jaṇṇovaīa), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀬 (jaṇṇovavīya), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovīa)
- → Bengali: যজ্ঞোপবিত (jôggopôbit)
- → Kannada: ಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತ (yajñōpavīta)
- → Tamil: யக்கியோபவீதம் (yakkiyōpavītam)