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Upanayana (Sanskrit: उपनयन, romanized: upanayana, lit. 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, [ 2 ] one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor , such as a guru or acharya , and an individual's initiation into a school in Hinduism .
Jatakarman (Sanskrit: जातकर्मन्; IAST: Jātakarman; lit. 'natal rites') is one of the major samskaras in Hinduism, that celebrates the birth of a child. [1] It is typically a private rite of passage that is observed by the new parents, relatives of the baby and close friends.
The sacred thread called Yajñopaveetam is bestowed during the Upanayana ceremony. Upanayana is an elaborate ceremony that includes rituals involving the family, the child, and the teacher. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The ceremony is a rite of passage for the start of formal education in reading, writing, arithmetic, Vedangas , arts, and other skills.
In Hinduism, the ceremony is traditionally known as Namakarana or the Namakarana Samskara, this ceremony is conducted in an elaborative form on the 12th day after birth. In Kerala, this is conducted on the 28th day and called the Noolukettu (transl. tying thread). In Nepal, the naming ceremony is known as Nwaran.
Imparting the Gayatri mantra to young Hindu men is an important part of the traditional upanayana ceremony [citation needed], which marks the beginning of study of the Vedas. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan described this as the essence of the ceremony, [ 21 ] which is sometimes called "Gayatri diksha " , i.e. initiation into the Gayatri mantra. [ 41 ]
Pumsavana Simantonayana (Sanskrit: पुंसवन सीमन्तोन्नयन, romanized: Puṃsavana Sīmantonnayana) is a combined performance of the ...
The Upanayanam thread ceremony marking initiation as a Dvija. "Dvija" means "twice-born": the first birth is physical, while the second birth is a 'spiritual' one. [4] The second 'birth' occurs when one takes up fulfilling a role in society, at the time of Upanayana initiation ceremony.
Upanayana samskara ceremony in progress. Typically, this ritual was for eight-year-olds in ancient India, but in the 1st millennium CE it became open to all ages. [66] Upanayana (IAST:Upanayana, Sanskrit: उपनयन) literally means "the act of leading to or near". [67] It is an important and widely discussed samskara in ancient Sanskrit ...