yajẏopavīta | यज्य़ोपवीत | yajYopavIta
yajẏopavīta/ | यज्य़ोपवीत/ | n. the investiture of youths of the three twice-born castes with the sacred thread or (in later times) the thread itself (worn over the left shoulder and hanging down under the right; originally put on only during the performance of sacred ceremonies but its position occasionally changed [cf. prācīnāvītin | प्राचीनावीतिन् |, nivītin | निवीतिन् |]; in modern times assumed by other castes, as by the Vaidyas or medical caste in Bengal; cf. upanayana | उपनयन | and IW. 192), TBr. &c. &c.