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SACRAMENTS.
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tion) must be performed when the season fit for
procreating children * 1 2 distinctly appears (for the first
time).
2. The Ptwsavana (ceremony to cause the birth
of a male) must be performed before the embryo
begins to move.
3. The Simantonnayana (ceremony of parting
the hair) should take place in the sixth or eighth
month (of pregnancy).
4. The (Satakarman (birth-ceremony) should take
place on the birth of the child.
5. The Namadheya (naming-rite) must be per-
formed as soon as the term of impurity (caused by
the birth of the child) is over.
6. (The name to be chosen should be) auspicious
in the case of a Brahmazza;
7. Indicating power in the case of a Kshatriya;
8. Indicating wealth in the case of a VaKya ;
9. Indicating contempt in the case of a 6udra.
14, 37, 38; Apast. I, 1, 1, 18-21; I, 1, 2, 33-3, 6; Gaut. I, 5, 11-
26. — 25. Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 22 ; M. II, 49 ; Y. I, 30; Apast. I,
1, 3, 28-30; Gaut. II, 36.— 28, 29. M. II, 174, 64.
1. 1 ‘ Garbha’ here means ‘ n'tu,’ i.e. the time favourable for pro-
creation, following immediately upon the menstrual evacuation, and
the above ceremony should be performed once only, in order to
consecrate the mother once for all. (Nand.)
2, 3. The embryo begins to move in the fourth month of
pregnancy, and the Puwsavana must be performed in the second
or third month of every pregnancy. Thus Nand., who combats
expressly the opinion that this ceremony has the consecration of
the mother, and not the consecration of the foetus, for its object.
Regarding the Simantonnayana he seems to consider both views
as admissible. According to the former view it would have to be
performed only once, like the Nishekakarman.
6-9. Nand. quotes as instances of such names : 1. Lakshmi-
dhara; 2. Yudhish/Zzira; 3. Arthapati; 4. Lokadasa; or (observing,
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SACRAMENTS.
nj
tion) must be performed when the season fit for
procreating children * 1 2 distinctly appears (for the first
time).
2. The Ptwsavana (ceremony to cause the birth
of a male) must be performed before the embryo
begins to move.
3. The Simantonnayana (ceremony of parting
the hair) should take place in the sixth or eighth
month (of pregnancy).
4. The (Satakarman (birth-ceremony) should take
place on the birth of the child.
5. The Namadheya (naming-rite) must be per-
formed as soon as the term of impurity (caused by
the birth of the child) is over.
6. (The name to be chosen should be) auspicious
in the case of a Brahmazza;
7. Indicating power in the case of a Kshatriya;
8. Indicating wealth in the case of a VaKya ;
9. Indicating contempt in the case of a 6udra.
14, 37, 38; Apast. I, 1, 1, 18-21; I, 1, 2, 33-3, 6; Gaut. I, 5, 11-
26. — 25. Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 22 ; M. II, 49 ; Y. I, 30; Apast. I,
1, 3, 28-30; Gaut. II, 36.— 28, 29. M. II, 174, 64.
1. 1 ‘ Garbha’ here means ‘ n'tu,’ i.e. the time favourable for pro-
creation, following immediately upon the menstrual evacuation, and
the above ceremony should be performed once only, in order to
consecrate the mother once for all. (Nand.)
2, 3. The embryo begins to move in the fourth month of
pregnancy, and the Puwsavana must be performed in the second
or third month of every pregnancy. Thus Nand., who combats
expressly the opinion that this ceremony has the consecration of
the mother, and not the consecration of the foetus, for its object.
Regarding the Simantonnayana he seems to consider both views
as admissible. According to the former view it would have to be
performed only once, like the Nishekakarman.
6-9. Nand. quotes as instances of such names : 1. Lakshmi-
dhara; 2. Yudhish/Zzira; 3. Arthapati; 4. Lokadasa; or (observing,
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