यज्ञोपवीत
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- যজ্ঞোপৱীত (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬚ᭄ᬜᭀᬧᬯᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
- যজ্ঞোপবীত (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰺𑰢𑰪𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀚𑁆𑀜𑁄𑀧𑀯𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ယဇ္ဉောပဝီတ (Burmese script)
- યજ્ઞોપવીત (Gujarati script)
- ਯਜ੍ਞੋਪਵੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍋𑌪𑌵𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦘꦺꦴꦥꦮꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂷𑂣𑂫𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತ (Kannada script)
- យជ្ញោបវីត (Khmer script)
- ຍຊ຺ໂຎປວີຕ (Lao script)
- യജ്ഞോപവീത (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠣᢒᠠᠸᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘻𑘢𑘪𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠᠽᡛᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᠸᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧜𑧂𑧊𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐖𑑂𑐘𑑀𑐥𑐰𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଯଜ୍ଞୋପଵୀତ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢙ꣄ꢛꣂꢦꢮꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆾𑆥𑆮𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖺𑖢𑖪𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
- යඥොපවීත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩕𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚴𑚞𑚦𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
- யஜ்ஞோபவீத (Tamil script)
- యజ్ఞోపవీత (Telugu script)
- ยชฺโญปวีต (Thai script)
- ཡ་ཛྙོ་པ་ཝཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒼𑒣𑒫𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨆𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of यज्ञ (yajña) + उपवीत (upavīta); see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]यज्ञोपवीत • (yajñopavītá) stem, n
- the sacred thread worn (over the left shoulder and hanging under the right) by boys and men of the three द्विज (dvija, “twice-born”) castes
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 4.36:
- वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम् ।
यज्ञोपवीतं वेदं च शुभं रौक्मे च कुण्डले । ।- vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum.
yajñopavītaṃ vedaṃ ca śubhaṃ raukme ca kuṇḍale.. - He [the Brāhmaṇa] shall carry a staff of bamboo, a pot full of water, the sacred string, a bundle of Kusa grass, and (wear) two bright golden ear-rings.
- vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭiṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum.
- वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम् ।
- the investiture of young men with the said sacred thread
Declension
[edit]Neuter a-stem declension of यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavītá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यज्ञोपवीतम् yajñopavītám |
यज्ञोपवीते yajñopavīté |
यज्ञोपवीतानि / यज्ञोपवीता¹ yajñopavītā́ni / yajñopavītā́¹ |
Vocative | यज्ञोपवीत yájñopavīta |
यज्ञोपवीते yájñopavīte |
यज्ञोपवीतानि / यज्ञोपवीता¹ yájñopavītāni / yájñopavītā¹ |
Accusative | यज्ञोपवीतम् yajñopavītám |
यज्ञोपवीते yajñopavīté |
यज्ञोपवीतानि / यज्ञोपवीता¹ yajñopavītā́ni / yajñopavītā́¹ |
Instrumental | यज्ञोपवीतेन yajñopavīténa |
यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् yajñopavītā́bhyām |
यज्ञोपवीतैः / यज्ञोपवीतेभिः¹ yajñopavītaíḥ / yajñopavītébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | यज्ञोपवीताय yajñopavītā́ya |
यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् yajñopavītā́bhyām |
यज्ञोपवीतेभ्यः yajñopavītébhyaḥ |
Ablative | यज्ञोपवीतात् yajñopavītā́t |
यज्ञोपवीताभ्याम् yajñopavītā́bhyām |
यज्ञोपवीतेभ्यः yajñopavītébhyaḥ |
Genitive | यज्ञोपवीतस्य yajñopavītásya |
यज्ञोपवीतयोः yajñopavītáyoḥ |
यज्ञोपवीतानाम् yajñopavītā́nām |
Locative | यज्ञोपवीते yajñopavīté |
यज्ञोपवीतयोः yajñopavītáyoḥ |
यज्ञोपवीतेषु yajñopavītéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Kashmiri: योञ (yōñ)
- Pali: yaññopavīta
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovavīa), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀈𑀅 (jaṇṇovaīa), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀬 (jaṇṇovavīya), 𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄𑀯𑀻𑀅 (jaṇṇovīa)
- Gurjara Apabhramsa:
- Konkani: jānvẽ
- Maithili: janēu
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: जाणिवें (jāṇiveṃ), जानिवें (jāniveṃ)
- Modi script: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jāṇīveṃ), 𑘕𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘪𑘹𑘽 (jānīveṃ)
- Marathi: जानवे (j̈ānve)
- Nepali: जनै (janai)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- → Old Kannada: ಜನ್ನವಿರ (jannavira), ಜನ್ನವರ (jannavara)
- → Bengali: যজ্ঞোপবিত (jôggopôbit)
- → Kannada: ಯಜ್ಞೋಪವೀತ (yajñōpavīta)
- → Tamil: யக்கியோபவீதம் (yakkiyōpavītam)