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yajnopavita

yajnopavita noun: a sacred thread worn during the upanayana ritual.

Noun

yajnopavita (plural yajnopavitas)

  1. A sacred thread worn during the upanayana ritual.
    Synonyms:
    janeu

yajnopavita meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

yajnopavita in Tamil

yajnopavita
யக்கியோபவீதம் yakkiyōpavītam

yajnopavita in Malayalam

yajnopavita; a sacred thread worn by certain castes in Hinduism
സൂത്രം sūtraṁ

Synonyms of yajnopavita

Forms of yajnopavita

pluralyajnopavitas

Origin of yajnopavita

Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta). Doublet of janeu.

Questions about yajnopavita

What does yajnopavita mean?
Yajnopavita means a sacred thread worn during the upanayana ritual.
What is yajnopavita in Tamil?
Yajnopavita in Tamil is யக்கியோபவீதம் (yakkiyōpavītam). See Yajnopavita meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yajnopavita?
Yajnopavita is a noun.
What is the plural of yajnopavita?
The plural of yajnopavita is yajnopavitas.

Words near yajnopavita in the dictionary

  1. yajmani
  2. yajmans
  3. yajna
  4. yajnas
  5. Yajnavalkyan
  6. yajnopavita
  7. yajnopavitas
  8. Yajur-Veda
  9. Yajurveda
  10. Yajurvedi
  11. Yajurvedic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yajnopavita (page history and authors); யக்கியோபவீதம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); സൂത്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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