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The Navjote ((ペルシア語:سدرهپوشی, ''Sedreh pushi'')) ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the Sedreh and Kushti. The term ''navjote'' is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of India (the Parsis), while ''sedreh pushi'' is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of Iran. Zoroastrians from Pakistan consisting of both Parsis and Iranis use both terms. The word 'navjote' is a Latinized form of the Parsi Gujarati compound of ''nav'' "new" and ''jote'' "reciter (prayer )", "invoker", "sacrificer". The second half of the word is—via Zoroastrian Middle Persian ''zot''—an indirect continuation of Avestan ''zaotar'', with /z/ eventually becoming /j/ because /z/ is not upheld in Gujarati. The Persian term ''Sedreh pushi'' translates to "Putting on the sedreh," a reference to the main component of the ritual. ==Age== Although there is no upper limit to the age of the individual for which the ceremony takes place, in common practice it occurs before a girl or boy reaches maturity. Under no circumstances is it permitted to be done for a child less than seven years of age since the child at that age range cannot comprehend the significance of the event. In ''Vendidad'' 18.54, individuals above the age of 15 (once considered the age at which one attained adulthood) who are not yet been invested are said to be likely to fall into evil ways. In the 9th-12th century texts of Zoroastrian tradition, the same group are said to be ''kushad davarashni'', literally "running about improperly clothed". So for instance ''Menog-i Khrad'' 2.35 and the ''Book of Arda Viraf'' (25.6.10). The latter considers such a thing to be a service to demons (the ''daeva''s). Other texts of tradition that define adulthood as the boundary include the ''Sad-dar'' 10.1 and ''Shayast na-Shayast'' 10.13. , , 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navjote」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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