Balayajnopavitaka, Bālayajñopavītaka, Bala-yajnopavitaka: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bālayajñopavītaka (बालयज्ञोपवीतक).—the sacred thread worn across the breast.

Derivable forms: bālayajñopavītakam (बालयज्ञोपवीतकम्).

Bālayajñopavītaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and yajñopavītaka (यज्ञोपवीतक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālayajñopavītaka (बालयज्ञोपवीतक).—n.

(-kaṃ) A sort of substitute for the sacrificial thread, a string or scarf as worn by children. E. bāla a child and yajñopavīta the Brahminical cord.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bālayajñopavītaka (बालयज्ञोपवीतक):—[=bāla-yajñopavītaka] [from bāla] n. the sacred thread worn across the breast, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a sort of substitute for the s° th° worn by children (?), [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. bālopavīta).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālayajñopavītaka (बालयज्ञोपवीतक):—[bāla-yajño+pavītaka] < [bāla-yajñopavītaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. A substitute for the brāhmanical thread.

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