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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपनयupanaya1 Bringing near, fetching.
1. 1 Bringing near, fetching.
2. Gaining, attaining, procuring. नान्यं तवाङ्घ्रयुपनयादपवर्गमूर्तेः क्षेमं जनस्य परितो भिय ईश विद्मः Bhāg.12.8.43.
3. Employing
4. Investiture with the sacred thread, initiation into sacred study, handing a youth of the first three castes to a teacher; गृह्योक्तकर्मणा येन समीपं नीयते गुरोः । बालो वेदाय तद्योगात् बालस्योपनयं विदुः ॥ (By this ceremony spiritual birth is conferred upon the youth, and he becomes a द्विजन्मन्; the ages at which the ceremony may be performed by the three castes are respectively 8-16, 11-22 and 12-24; (see Ms.2.36-38; of what materials etc. the cords should be, is mentioned in 2.41-46).
5. The fourth member of the five-membered Indian syllogism (in logic), the application to the special case in question; व्याप्तिविशिष्टस्य हेतोः पक्षधर्मताप्रतिपादकं वचनमुपनयः Tarka K.
6. Introduction, initiation (into any science); see next.
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उपनयनम्upanayanam1 Leading to or near.
1. 1 Leading to or near.
2. Presenting, offering; धारासारोपनयनपरा नैगमाः सानुमन्तः V.4.13.
3. Investiture with the acred thread; गर्भाष्टमे ब्राह्मण उपनेय इत्युपनयनं संस्कारार्थम् Mbh.6.6.84. आसमावर्तनात्कुर्यात् कृतोपनयनो द्विजः Ms.2.18,173.
4. Employment, application.
5. Introduction (into any science).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

उपनयupanaya[upa-naya] m. bringing, supplying; application; introduction: -na, n. id.; initi ation of a pupil…

[upa-naya] masculine bringing, supplying; application; introduction: -na, neuter the same; initi ation of a pupil; investiture; offering.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपनयupanayaउप-नयन see p. 201, col. 2 .
1. उप-नयन see page and participle 201, column 2 .
2. masculine gender the bringing near, procuring MBh.
3. masculine gender attaining, obtaining, obtainment BhP.
4. masculine gender employment, application R.
5. masculine gender application (the fourth member in a five fold syllogism) Sarvad. Tarkas. etc.
6. masculine gender introduction (into any science) VarBr2S.
7. masculine gender initiation Equivalent to the next Lexicographers
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उपनयनupanayanan. the act of leading to or near, bringing R. BhP. Vikr.
1. neuter gender the act of leading to or near, bringing R. BhP. Vikr.
2. neuter gender employment, application Car.
3. neuter gender introduction (into any science) Prab.
4. neuter gender leading or drawing towards one's self
5. neuter gender that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve Sam2ska1ras संस्कार s or purificatory rites [prescribed in the Dharma धर्म - su1tras सूत्र s and explained in the Gr2ihya गृह्य - su1tras सूत्र s] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the Veda वेद by heart; a Bra1hman Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to Hiran2yakes3in हिरण्यकेशिन्; or eighth from conception, according to S3a1n3kha1yana शाङ्खायन etc.], a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय in the eleventh, a Vais3ya वैश्य in the twelfth; but the term could be delayed)
6. neuter gender see IW. page and participle201 RTL. page and participle360seqq. A1s3vGr2. i, 19-22 S3a1n3khGr2. ii, 1-6 Pa1rGr2. ii, 2-5 Gobh. ii, 10 HirGr2. i, 1 seqq. Mn. ii, 36 Ya1jn5. i, 14.
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उपनयनचिन्तामणिupanayanacintāmaṇim. N. of wk.

masculine gender Name of work

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उपनयनलक्षणupanayanalakṣaṇan. N. of wk.

neuter gender Name of work

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