janeu

janeu

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Urdu جَنیئُو‎ / Hindi जनेऊ (janeū).

Noun

janeu (plural janeus)

1. (Hinduism) A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.
   • 2003, Bhawan Singh Rana, Indian Critiques of Gandhi, p. 181:

     The words bring back the memory of Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, who gave up his life to the Mughal authorities for the upkeep of Hindu religious symbols: the janeu and the tilak.

   • 2007, Klaus K. Klostermaier, A Survey of Hinduism, 3rd edition, p. 150:

     The origin of the janëu has not been explained as yet; many believe it to be the remnant of a garment.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 132:

     He had tied a diamond ring to his janeu thread and hidden it in the folds of his dhoti.

Translations

Translations

Hindi: जनेऊ (hi) m (janeū) Konkani: Devanagari: जान्वें (j̈ānvẽ) Kannada: ಜಾನ್ವೆಂ (j̈ānvẽ) Latin: zanvem Marathi: जानवे n (j̈ānve) Old Marathi: Devanagari: जाणिवें (jāṇiveṃ), जानिवें (jāniveṃ) Modi: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jāṇīveṃ), 𑘕𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jānīveṃ) Pali: yaññōpavīta Prakrit: Maharashtri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 n (jaṇṇovavīa) Sanskrit: यज्ञोपवीत (sa) n (yajñopavītá)

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