ఉపనయనము
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
ఉపనయనం (upanayanaṁ)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit उपनयन (upanayana) + -ము (-mu).
Noun edit
ఉపనయనము • (upanayanamu) ? (plural ఉపనయనములు)
- (Hinduism) investiture with the sacred thread, initiation of a youth of any of the first three castes into sacred study.
References edit
"ఉపనయనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 161