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upanayanas

upanayanas is the plural of upanayana.

Meaning of upanayana

Noun

upanayana (plural upanayanas)

  1. (Hinduism) An initiation ceremony undergone by Hindu boys over the age of seven belonging to the highest three castes, marking the start of their formal education.
    • An Aryan boy had to undergo the upanayana that initiated him into the study of the Veda and the sacrificial procedure, or he would never be able to build a fully realized atman.2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 83

Questions about upanayanas

What is upanayanas the plural of?
Upanayanas is the plural of upanayana.

Words near upanayanas in the dictionary

  1. upalators
  2. Upali
  3. upalite
  4. upalong
  5. upanayana
  6. upanayanas
  7. Upanishad
  8. Upanishadic
  9. Upanishads
  10. Upano
  11. Upapurana

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