Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2352

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2352

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c8.2352

PRĀCĪNAVITA. Wearing of an upper apparel or sacred thread by brahmins on the left shoulder and through the right arm-pit is called Upavīta and vice versa is called Prācīnāvita. If it is worn as a necklace it is called Nivita. (Chapter 2, Śloka 63, Manusmṛti).

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit