प्राचीनावीत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাচীনাৱীত (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬘᬷᬦᬵᬯᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• প্রাচীনাবীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰓𑰱𑰡𑰯𑰪𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀘𑀻𑀦𑀸𑀯𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာစီနာဝီတ (Burmese script)
• પ્રાચીનાવીત (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨਾਵੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌚𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌵𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦕꦷꦤꦴꦮꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂒𑂲𑂢𑂰𑂫𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾಚೀನಾವೀತ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាចីនាវីត (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາຈີນາວີຕ (Lao script)
• പ്രാചീനാവീത (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᡳᡳᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘓𑘲𑘡𑘰𑘪𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢋᠢᠢᠨᠠᢗᠸᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦳𑧓𑧁𑧑𑧊𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐔𑐷𑐣𑐵𑐰𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାଚୀନାଵୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢗꢷꢥꢵꢮꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆖𑆵𑆤𑆳𑆮𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖓𑖱𑖡𑖯𑖪𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාචීනාවීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩡𑩑𑩛𑩯𑩛𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚏𑚯𑚝𑚭𑚦𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• ப்ராசீநாவீத (Tamil script)
• ప్రాచీనావీత (Telugu script)
• ปฺราจีนาวีต (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ཙཱི་ནཱ་ཝཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒔𑒲𑒢𑒰𑒫𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨣𑨁𑨊𑨝𑨊𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of प्राचीन (prācīna) +‎ आवीत (āvīta, “girt, covered, wrapped around”). In this context, प्राचीन (prācīna) means "right (side)".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.t͡ɕiː.nɑː.ʋiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.t͡ɕiː.n̪ɑːˈʋiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

प्राचीनावीत • (prācināvītá) stem

1. wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder and under the left arm

Noun

प्राचीनावीत • (prācināvītá) stem, n

1. the act of wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder and under the left arm during the death rituals for the deceased ancestors; the sacred thread worn in such manner
   • 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

     He wears the thread around the neck for the sake of people; he wears the thread over the right shoulder for [the sake of] the ancestors; he wears the thread over the left shoulder for the sake of the gods; verily he makes the mark of the gods.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्राचिनावीत (prācināvītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्राचिनावीतम् prācināvītám	प्राचिनावीते prācināvīté	प्राचिनावीतानि / प्राचिनावीता¹ prācināvītā́ni / prācināvītā́¹
Vocative	प्राचिनावीत prā́cināvīta	प्राचिनावीते prā́cināvīte	प्राचिनावीतानि / प्राचिनावीता¹ prā́cināvītāni / prā́cināvītā¹
Accusative	प्राचिनावीतम् prācināvītám	प्राचिनावीते prācināvīté	प्राचिनावीतानि / प्राचिनावीता¹ prācināvītā́ni / prācināvītā́¹
Instrumental	प्राचिनावीतेन prācināvīténa	प्राचिनावीताभ्याम् prācināvītā́bhyām	प्राचिनावीतैः / प्राचिनावीतेभिः¹ prācināvītaíḥ / prācināvītébhiḥ¹
Dative	प्राचिनावीताय prācināvītā́ya	प्राचिनावीताभ्याम् prācināvītā́bhyām	प्राचिनावीतेभ्यः prācināvītébhyaḥ
Ablative	प्राचिनावीतात् prācināvītā́t	प्राचिनावीताभ्याम् prācināvītā́bhyām	प्राचिनावीतेभ्यः prācināvītébhyaḥ
Genitive	प्राचिनावीतस्य prācināvītásya	प्राचिनावीतयोः prācināvītáyoḥ	प्राचिनावीतानाम् prācināvītā́nām
Locative	प्राचिनावीते prācināvīté	प्राचिनावीतयोः prācināvītáyoḥ	प्राचिनावीतेषु prācināvītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• उपवीत (upavīta)