Upanayana
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upanayana-227-2028475
title:
Upanayana
text:
Upanayana is a Hindu educational sacrament, 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. Some traditions consider the ceremony as a spiritual rebirth for the child or future dvija, twice born. It signifies the acquisition of the knowledge of and the start of a new and disciplined life as a brahmāchārya. According to the given community and its regio
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Hindu rite of passage
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanayana
date created:
2003-11-19T13:18:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T02:57:24Z
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