Education in Ancient India c15.5

c15.5

or *svādhyāya*.¹ *Yajñopavīta* denoted the upper garment when it was worn in the proper manner prescribed for sacred occasions. *Taittirīya Saṃhitā* is explicit on the point; it says that *Yajñopavīta* means wearing the garment in a particular manner; when the garment is passed under the right and over the left shoulder, it becomes *Yajñopavīta* according to the authority of *Brāhmaṇa* works.² The same garment was called *Prāchīnāvīta* when it was worn exactly in the reverse way, and *Nivīta* when it was allowed to hang down like a garland.