Quotes:Dwija Brahman
H. P. Blavatsky
Dwija Brahman. The investure with the sacred thread that now constitutes the “second birth”. Even a Sudra who chooses to pay for the honour becomes, after the ceremony of passing through a silver or golden cow — a dwijâ..
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Dwija Brahman