What is the age limit as per the scriptures of getting a Yajnopavita for the various varnas?
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Your question is already answered here so Im marking it duplicate: hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/2892/…– Vishal prabhu lawandeCommented Aug 22, 2017 at 5:41
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Possible duplicate of Is Janeva (Yajñopavītam or sacred thread) limited to Brahmins only?– SarvabhoumaCommented Aug 22, 2017 at 6:30
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@Sinister How is that duplicate? Question clearly asks about age but that question has no relation to age.– The Destroyer ♦Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 9:26
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@TheDestroyer Well, you should asked that question to Vishal Prabhu Lawande. The question is already answered there. So, I only reviews the post, Didn't initiate the close vote. Answers make the duplicate or the questions make the duplicate? If it is former, it is dupe other wise, it is not.– SarvabhoumaCommented Aug 22, 2017 at 9:30
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1@Sinister then why did you close to vote even after knowing rule?– The Destroyer ♦Commented Aug 22, 2017 at 9:32
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Ideal time to perform the sacred thread ceremony:
Manu Smriti 2.36. In the eighth year after conception, one should perform the initiation (upanayana) of a Brahmana, in the eleventh after conception (that) of a Kshatriya, but in the twelfth that of a Vaisya
The maximum age limits till which sacred thread ceremony can still be performed for the three varnas:
Manu Smriti 2.38. The (time for the) Savitri (initiation) of a Brahmana does not pass until the completion of the sixteenth year (after conception), of a Kshatriya until the completion of the twenty-second, and of a Vaisya until the completion of the twenty-fourth.
And if Upanayana is not performed even within those prescribed time limits, then this is what happens as per Manu:
2.39. After those (periods men of) these three (castes) who have not received the sacrament at the proper time, become Vratyas (outcasts), excluded from the Savitri (initiation) and despised by the Aryans
answered Aug 21, 2017 at 16:16
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ok the Brahmana here means son of Brahmana right?– user9969Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 16:26
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And what if I am a son of a Vratya? Can I get initiation?– user9969Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 16:27
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1As per Smritis Sudras (or one who is not initiated) should not chant Om, Swaha, Gayatri and few others. As per Agamas no mantras should be chanted without Diksha (initiation). So, its better to get a Dilksha before chanting. I can't tell for sure what will exactly happen, but i don't think it will be something good. :) @SuryaKantaBoseChowdhury– RickrossCommented Aug 21, 2017 at 16:39
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1@SethuSrivatsaKoduru - pretty sure he doesn't speak without scriptural backing.– ramCommented Jan 22, 2021 at 4:06