उपवीत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উপৱীত (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬧᬯᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
- উপবীত (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰢𑰪𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀧𑀯𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ဥပဝီတ (Burmese script)
- ઉપવીત (Gujarati script)
- ਉਪਵੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌪𑌵𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦥꦮꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂣𑂫𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಉಪವೀತ (Kannada script)
- ឧបវីត (Khmer script)
- ອຸປວີຕ (Lao script)
- ഉപവീത (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᢒᠠᠸᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘢𑘪𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢒᠠᠸᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑧂𑧊𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐥𑐰𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
- ଉପଵୀତ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢦꢮꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆥𑆮𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖢𑖪𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
- උපවීත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚞𑚦𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
- உபவீத (Tamil script)
- ఉపవీత (Telugu script)
- อุปวีต (Thai script)
- ཨུ་པ་ཝཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒣𑒫𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Past participle of उपव्ये (upavye, “to wear the sacred thread”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ú.pɐ.ʋiː.tɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /u.pɐ.ʋiː.t̪ɐ/
Noun
उपवीत • (úpavīta) stem, n
- the sacred thread worn over the left shoulder and under the right arm by the three twice-born classes
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) II.5.11:
- निवीतम् मनुष्याणाम् प्राचीनावीतम् पितृणाम् उपवीतं देवानाम् उपव्ययते देवलक्ष्मम् एव तत् कुरुते
- nivītam manuṣyāṇām prācīnāvītam pitṛṇām upavītaṃ devānām upavyayate devalakṣmam eva tat kurute
- For the sake of people, he wears the thread around the neck, for [the sake of] the ancestors, he wears the thread over the right shoulder, for the sake of the gods, he wears the thread over the left shoulder; verily he makes the mark of the gods.
- निवीतम् मनुष्याणाम् प्राचीनावीतम् पितृणाम् उपवीतं देवानाम् उपव्ययते देवलक्ष्मम् एव तत् कुरुते
- the act of investing one with the sacred thread
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उपवीतम् (úpavītam) | उपवीते (úpavīte) | उपवीतानि (úpavītāni) उपवीता¹ (úpavītā¹) |
| accusative | उपवीतम् (úpavītam) | उपवीते (úpavīte) | उपवीतानि (úpavītāni) उपवीता¹ (úpavītā¹) |
| instrumental | उपवीतेन (úpavītena) | उपवीताभ्याम् (úpavītābhyām) | उपवीतैः (úpavītaiḥ) उपवीतेभिः¹ (úpavītebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | उपवीताय (úpavītāya) | उपवीताभ्याम् (úpavītābhyām) | उपवीतेभ्यः (úpavītebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उपवीतात् (úpavītāt) | उपवीताभ्याम् (úpavītābhyām) | उपवीतेभ्यः (úpavītebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उपवीतस्य (úpavītasya) | उपवीतयोः (úpavītayoḥ) | उपवीतानाम् (úpavītānām) |
| locative | उपवीते (úpavīte) | उपवीतयोः (úpavītayoḥ) | उपवीतेषु (úpavīteṣu) |
| vocative | उपवीत (úpavīta) | उपवीते (úpavīte) | उपवीतानि (úpavītāni) उपवीता¹ (úpavītā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Adjective
उपवीत • (úpavīta) stem
Derived terms
- यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta) (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- Pali: upavīta (“covered”)
- Prakrit: 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀻𑀬 (uvavīya, “the sacred thread”)
- Marathi: ओवी (ovī)