ఉపనయనము
Telugu
Alternative forms
ఉపనయనం (upanayanaṃ)
Etymology
From Sanskrit उपनयन (upanayana) + -ము (-mu).
Noun
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
“ఉపనయనము” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 161