[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 2.63 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.63 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.63) uddhṛte dakṣine pāṇāv upavīty ucyate dvijaḥ savye prācīnāvītī nivītī kaṇṭhasajjane // > A twice-born man is called upavitin when his right arm is raised (and the sacrificial string or the dress, passed under it, rests on the left shoulder); (when his) left (arm) is raised (and the string, or the dress, passed under it, rests on the right shoulder, he is called) prakinavitin; and nivitin when it hangs down (straight) from the neck. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.62) - [Next: 2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.64) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.63) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.63) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.3.p9) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.63) · Pramāṇa