tagadhari

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noun

The people who wear the Hindu holy thread (yagyopavita) given after the upanayana initiation ceremony.

OriginSanskrit तागाधारी →
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Meanings

nountagadhari pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe people who wear the Hindu holy thread (yagyopavita) given after the upanayana initiation ceremony.

Origin

  1. Sanskritतागा“thread”
  2. Sanskritतागाधारी
  3. Englishtagadhari

From Sanskrit तागाधारी (tāgādhārī), from Sanskrit तागा (tāgā, “thread”) and धारी (dhārī, “one who bears”).

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