མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས། | Glossary of Terms

མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས།

mchod phyir thogs

yajñopavīta

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sacred thread

The Seer Vyāsa’s Questions

sacred thread

མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས།

mchod phyir thogs

yajñopavīta

Definition in this text:

A term for the thread with which members of the twice-born castes are invested upon their entrance into the student stage, during which they master the study of Vedic and other religious rites, and that they wear during the performance of any rites.

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