उपवीत

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Past participle of उपव्ये (upavye, “to wear the sacred thread”)

उपवीत • (úpavīta) stem

उपवीत • (úpavīta) stem, n

the act of investing one with the sacred thread
the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm by the three twice-born classes
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) II.5.11:
  निवीतम् मनुष्याणाम् प्राचीनावीतम् पितृणाम् उपवीतं देवानाम् उपव्ययते देवलक्ष्मम् एव तत् कुरुते
  nivītam manuṣyāṇām prācīnāvītam pitṛṇām upavītaṃ devānām upavyayate devalakṣmam eva tat kurute
  For the sake of people, he wears the thread around the neck, for [the sake of] the ancestors, he wears the thread over the right shoulder, for the sake of the gods, he wears the thread over the left shoulder; verily he makes the mark of the gods.

Neuter a-stem declension of उपवीत (úpavīta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उपवीतम् úpavītam	उपवीते úpavīte	उपवीतानि / उपवीता¹ úpavītāni / úpavītā¹
Vocative	उपवीत úpavīta	उपवीते úpavīte	उपवीतानि / उपवीता¹ úpavītāni / úpavītā¹
Accusative	उपवीतम् úpavītam	उपवीते úpavīte	उपवीतानि / उपवीता¹ úpavītāni / úpavītā¹
Instrumental	उपवीतेन úpavītena	उपवीताभ्याम् úpavītābhyām	उपवीतैः / उपवीतेभिः¹ úpavītaiḥ / úpavītebhiḥ¹
Dative	उपवीताय úpavītāya	उपवीताभ्याम् úpavītābhyām	उपवीतेभ्यः úpavītebhyaḥ
Ablative	उपवीतात् úpavītāt	उपवीताभ्याम् úpavītābhyām	उपवीतेभ्यः úpavītebhyaḥ
Genitive	उपवीतस्य úpavītasya	उपवीतयोः úpavītayoḥ	उपवीतानाम् úpavītānām
Locative	उपवीते úpavīte	उपवीतयोः úpavītayoḥ	उपवीतेषु úpavīteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic