उपनयन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উপনয়ন (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬧᬦᬬᬦ (Balinese script)
• উপনয়ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰢𑰡𑰧𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀧𑀦𑀬𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဥပနယန (Burmese script)
• ઉપનયન (Gujarati script)
• ਉਪਨਯਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌪𑌨𑌯𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦥꦤꦪꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂣𑂢𑂨𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಪನಯನ (Kannada script)
• ឧបនយន (Khmer script)
• ອຸປນຍນ (Lao script)
• ഉപനയന (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᢒᠠᠨᠠᠶᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘢𑘡𑘧𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢒᠠᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑧂𑧁𑧇𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐥𑐣𑐫𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଉପନଯନ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢦꢥꢫꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆥𑆤𑆪𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖢𑖡𑖧𑖡 (Siddham script)
• උපනයන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩯𑩻𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚞𑚝𑚣𑚝 (Takri script)
• உபநயந (Tamil script)
• ఉపనయన (Telugu script)
• อุปนยน (Thai script)
• ཨུ་པ་ན་ཡ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒣𑒢𑒨𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨝𑨪𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.pɐ.nɐ.jɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uˈpɐ.n̪ɐ.jɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

उपनयन • (upanayana) stem, n

1. the act of leading to or near, bringing
2. employment, application
3. introduction (into any science)
4. leading or drawing towards oneself
5. that ceremony in which a Guru draws a boy towards himself and initiates him into one of the three twice-born classes (one of the twelve संस्कारs or purificatory rites [prescribed in the धर्म- सूत्रs and explained in the गृह्य- सूत्रs] in which the boy is invested with the sacred thread [different for the three castes] and thus endowed with second or spiritual birth and qualified to learn the वेद by heart ; a Brahman is initiated in the eighth year [or seventh according to हिरण्यकेशिन् ; or eighth from conception, according to शाङ्खायन etc.], a क्षत्रिय in the eleventh, a वैश्य in the twelfth ; but the term could be delayed)