dvija
dvijaLiterally 'twice-born'. A man of the brahmana, kshatriya or vaishya varna who has undergone the upanayana initiation, which the Dharmashastra texts treat as a second birth and as the gateway to Vedic study.
Where this term appears
- The Gayatri Mantra Worship
From that moment the boy is dvija , twice-born, and Manu is emphatic that the birth from the Savitri is the real one (2.169 to 172).
- What is Diksha? Lineages
Classical Hindu society counted certain men as dvija , twice-born, and the second birth was an initiation.
- Who was allowed to learn Sanskrit? Journal
Within those texts, access to Vedic learning runs through the upanayana , the initiation that makes a man dvija , twice-born.
- The Caste And Gender Question Treatise
…hmin household tradition — restricts Sri Vidya diksha to twice-born ( dvija ) male practitioners.
- The Gayatri Treatise
…nally marks a boy's entry into formal study of the Veda and makes him dvija , "twice-born," born once of his parents and again into the sacred learning.