Quotes:Dwijâ

H. P. Blavatsky

Dwijâ. “Twice‐born”. In days of old this term was used only of the Initiated Brahmans; but now it is applied to every man belonging to the first of the four castes, who has undergone a certain ceremony.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Dwijâ