[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) › c8.2352 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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). - [Previous: c8.2351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2351) - [Next: c8.2353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2353) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.63) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2352) · Pramāṇa