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principally applied to this ritual. until the mid- th-century, the expression was more commonly applied to a similar ritual, also held on the same day, with precedence in ancient hindu texts, in which a domestic priest ties amulets, charms, or threads on the wrists of his patrons, or changes their sacred thread
रक्षिका], s.f. a piece of thread or silk bound round the wrist on the festival of salūno or the full moon of sāvan, either as an amulet and preservative against misfortune, or as a symbol of mutual dependence, or as a mark of respect; the festival on which such a thread is tied—rākhī-bandhan, s.f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan