| pavitrāropaṇa पवित्रारोपण Definition: n. "putting on the pavitra-", investiture with the Brahmanical cord, (especially) investing the image of kṛṣṇa- or another deity with the sacred thread, Name of a festival on the 12th day of the light half of śrāvaṇa- or aṣāḍha-  |