84000 Glossary of Terms

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མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས། | Glossary of Terms

  • མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས།

  • mchod phyir thogs
  • yajñopavīta
  • Term
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  • sacred thread
  • མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས།
  • mchod phyir thogs
  • yajñopavīta
Definition in this text:

A term for the thread with which members of the twice-born castes are invested upon their entrance into the student stage, during which they master the study of Vedic and other religious rites, and that they wear during the performance of any rites.