The Sanskrit term Ūrdhvavṛta can be transliterated into English as Urdhvavrta or Urdhvavrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrdhvavṛta (ऊर्ध्ववृत).—a. put on above, put over the head or shoulder (as the sacred thread of a Brāhmaṇa); कार्पासमुपवीतं स्याद्विप्रस्योर्ध्ववृतं त्रिवृत् (kārpāsamupavītaṃ syādviprasyordhvavṛtaṃ trivṛt) Manusmṛti 2.44.

Ūrdhvavṛta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ūrdhva and vṛta (वृत).

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

Ūrdhvavṛta (ऊर्ध्ववृत).—[adjective] put on or worn above (i.e. on the shoulder).

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

Ūrdhvavṛta (ऊर्ध्ववृत):—[=ūrdhva-vṛta] [from ūrdhva] mfn. put on or wound round from below upwards (as the sacred thread), [Manu-smṛti ii, 44.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vrita, Urdhva.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 2.44 < [Section XIII - Initiation (upanayana)]

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