[upa-ve-kta] 1 Investiture with the sacred thread.

2 The sacred thread worn by the first three classes of the Hindus; pitrya- maṃśamupavītalakṣaṇaṃ mātṛkaṃ ca dhanrūrjitaṃ dadhat R. 11. 64; muktāyajñopavītāni Ku. 6. 6; Śi. 1. 7; Ki. 12. 23; Ms. 2. 44, 64, 4. 36, 66.