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  1. Hindu initiation ceremony which marks the
  2. passage to maturity for boys of the upper
  3. three castes; it usually takes place between
  4. the ages of five and twelve. It is regarded
  5. as a second birth and the castes whose males
  6. are entitled to undergo the ceremony are
  7. called `twice born'.
  8.