History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.s1.75

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⁶⁸³ Vide स्मृत्यर्थसार p. 4 and सं. प्र. pp. 416-418 as to how the upavīta is to be manufactured and who is to manufacture it, one interesting fact being that an upavīta prepared by a maiden was to be preferred to one prepared by a widow. मदनरत्न quoted in the आचाररत्न defines ऊर्ध्ववृत्त in Manu II. 44 as 'करेण दक्षिणेनोर्ध्वगतेन त्रिगुणीकृतम् । वलितं मानवे शास्त्रे सूत्रमूर्ध्ववृतं स्मृतम्॥' (p. 2).