उपनयनupanayanan. the act of leading to or near, bringing R. BhP. Vikr.
- neuter gender the act of leading to or near, bringing R. BhP. Vikr.
- neuter gender employment, application Car.
- neuter gender introduction (into any science) Prab.
- neuter gender leading or drawing towards one's self
- 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)
- 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.
Source: Monier-Williams
