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उपनय

   { upanayḥ }
Script: Devanagari

उपनय

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
उप-नय   aउप-नयन see col. 2: p. 201, col. 2">p. 201, col. 2.
ROOTS:
उप नय
उप-नय  m. bm. the bringing near, procuring, [MBh.]
ROOTS:
उप नय
   attaining, obtaining, obtainment, [BhP.]
   employment, application, [R.]
   application (the fourth member in a five fold syllogism), [Sarvad.] ; [Tarkas.] &c.
   introduction (into any science), [VarBṛS.]
   initiation = the next, [L.]

उपनय

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
उपनयः [upanayḥ]   1 bringing near, fetching.
   Gaining, attaining, procuring. नान्यं तवाङ्घ्रयुपनयादपवर्गमूर्तेः क्षेमं जनस्य परितो भिय ईश विद्मः [Bhāg.12.8.43.]
   Employing
   investiture with the sacred thread, initiation into sacred study, handing a youth of the first three castes to a teacher; गृह्योक्तकर्मणा येन समीपं नीयते गुरोः । बालो वेदाय तद्योगात् बालस्योपनयं विदुः ॥ (By this ceremony spiritual birth is conferred upon the youth, and he becomes a द्विजन्मन्; the ages at which the ceremony may be performed by the three castes are respectively 8-16, 11-22 and 12-24; (see [Ms.2.36-38;] of what materials &c. the cords should be, is [mentioned in 2.41-46] ).
   The fourth member of the five-membered indian syllogism (in logic), the application to the special case in question; व्याप्तिविशिष्टस्य हेतोः पक्षधर्मताप्रतिपादकं वचनमुपनयः [Tarka K.]
   introduction, initiation (into any science); see next.

उपनय

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
उपनय  m.  (-यः) The initiation of the three first classes; investiture with a peculiar thread or cord worn over the left shoulder, and under the right: the cord of the brahman is of cotton, Munja, or Kusa grass; of the Kshetriya, of sana or flax; and of the vaisya, of wool: the youths should be invested respectively, from eight to sixteen, from eleven to twenty-two, and from twelve to twenty- four years of age.
  n.  (-नं)
   1. Attaining, gaining.
   2. bringing to
   E. उप over, नीञ् to obtain, अच् affix; also
ROOTS:
उप नीञ् अच्
   with घञ् affix उपनाय, and with ल्युट् affix उपनयन.

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