Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1598
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1598
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c8.1598
NIVĪTA. Brahmin’s wearing upper cloth or the sacred thread on the left shoulder and under the right hand is called Upavīta; the same on the right shoulder and under the left hand is called prācīnāvīta and the same worn as a garland around the neck is called Nivīta.