མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས་

མཆོད་ཕྱིར་ཐོགས། (Wyl. mchod phyir thogs ) Pron.: chö chir tok

• Skt. यज्ञोपवीतम्, yajñopavīta, Pron.: yajnopavita. From Sanskrit: the investiture of youths of the three twice-born castes with the sacred thread or (in later times) the thread itself (worn over the left shoulder and hanging down under the right | originally put on only during the performance of sacred ceremonies but its position occasionally changed | in modern times assumed by other castes, as by the Vaidyas or medical caste in Bengal | and [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW