གཙུག་ཕུད་གཞག་པ། | Glossary of Terms

གཙུག་ཕུད་གཞག་པ།

gtsug phud gzhag pa

upanayana

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upanayana ceremony

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

upanayana ceremony

གཙུག་ཕུད་གཞག་པ།

gtsug phud gzhag pa

upanayana AS

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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.

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