upanayaH 1 Bringing near, fetching. 2 Gaining, attaining, procuring. 3 Employing. 4 Investiture with the sacred thread, initiation into sacred study, handing a youth of the first three castes to a teacher; gfhyoktakarmaRA yena samIpaM nIyate guroH . bAlo vedAya tadyogAt bAlasyopanayaM viduH .. . By this ceremony spiritual birth is conferred upon the youth, and he becomes a ( pb ) dvijanman ; the ages at which the ceremony may be performed by the three castes are respectively 8-16, 11-22 and 12-24; (see Ms. 2. 36-38 ; of what materials &c. the cords should be is mentioned in 2. 41-46 ). 5 The fourth member of the five-membered Indian syllogism (in logic), the application to the special case in question; vyAptiviSizwasya hetoH pakzaDarmatApratipAdakaM vacanamupanayaH Tarka K.