- གཙུག་ཕུད་གཞག་པ།
- gtsug phud gzhag pa
- upanayana
- Term
The initiation rite by which a boy of the higher castes becomes a full member of his caste. It involves having all his hair shaven except for a tuft on the crown of the head (śikhā) and receiving the sacred thread (upavīta) and the appropriate mantra.