[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1598 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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. - [Previous: c8.1597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1597) - [Next: c8.1599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1599) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1598) · Pramāṇa