[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 2.29 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.29 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.29) prāṅ nābhivardhanāt puṃso jātakarma vidhīyate mantravat prāśanaṃ cāsya hiraṇyamadhusarpiṣām // > Before the navel-string is cut, the Gatakarman (birth-rite) must be performed for a male (child); and while sacred formulas are being recited, he must be fed with gold, honey, and butter. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.28) - [Next: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.30) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.29) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.29.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p315) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.1.p120) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.29) · Pramāṇa