[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) › 2.30 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.30 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.30) nāmadheyaṃ daśamyāṃ tu dvādaśyāṃ vāsya kārayet puṇye tithau muhūrte vā nakṣatre vā guṇānvite // > But let (the father perform or) cause to be performed the Namadheya (the rite of naming the child), on the tenth or twelfth (day after birth), or on a lucky lunar day, in a lucky muhurta, under an auspicious constellation. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.29) - [Next: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.31) - [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.2.30) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.30) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra (ed. W. Caland, Lahore 1925, with the commentary extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka*caland.35.12.1) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p320) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.26.p1) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.1.p122) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.30) · Pramāṇa