प्राचीनावीत

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PRĀCĪNĀVĪTA   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 Prācīnāvīta. If it is worn as a necklace it is called Nivīta. [Chapter 2, Śloka 63, Manusmṛti] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्राचीनावीत  mfn.  mfn. = °ना-वीति॑न्, [Gal.]
प्राचीनावीत  n.  n. the wearing of the sacred cord over the right shoulder (as at a श्राद्ध), [TS.]; [Lāṭy.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]