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Brahmins didn’t always wear the sacred thread. They adopted it at the start of the Common Era
The Sanskrit term sanātana ... These were labeled ‘twice-born’ (dvija or dvijati), and the reason given is that they were born first from their mothers and a second time through the rite ...
No caste without Jati, Varna, Dvija and Adhama
Jati refers to a community, and varna refers to a classification system which determines which jati is ‘high and pure’ (dvija ...