dvija
/dvee-jah/US // ˈdvi dʒɑ //
邓小平,邓小平同志
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Hinduism.
- : a person who is twice-born: a distinction made between the first three classes of society and the lowest class, the Shudra. Only the dvijas may study the Vedas.
Examples
By its performance he becomes Dvija or twice-born, and the highest importance is attached to the change or initiation.
Every young Dvija must become a pupil of a Brahman (Brahmacharin) after being invested with the girdle.
The Çudra who is guilty of adultery with the wife of a Dvija must die, if she was watched; if not, he loses his sexual organs.
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