Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.17
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.17.1
daśamyāmutthāpya brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā pitā nāma karoti \1\
On the tenth day (after the birth of the child) the father, having made (his wife) get up, and having fed the Brâhmanas, gives a name (to the child),
1.17.2
dvyakṣaraṃ caturakṣaraṃ vā ghoṣavadādyantarantasthaṃ dīrghābhiniṣṭhānaṃ kṛtaṃ kuryānna taddhitam \2\
Of two syllables, or of four syllables beginning with a sonant, with a semivowel in it, with a long vowel (or) the Visarga (at its end), with a Krit (suffix), not with a Taddhita;
1.17.3
ayujākṣaramākārāntaṃ striyai taddhitam \3\
With an uneven number of syllables, ending in â, with a Taddhita (suffix) to a girl.
1.17.4
śarma brāhmaṇasya varma kṣatriyasya gupteti vaiśyasya \4\
(The name) of a Brâhmana (should end in) sarman (for inst. Vishnusarman), that of a Kshatriya in varman (for inst. Lakshmîvarman), that of a Vaisya in gupta (for inst. Kandragupta).
1.17.5
caturthe māsi niṣkramaṇikā \5\
In the forth month (follows) the going out.
1.17.6
sūryamudīkṣayati taccakṣuriti \6\
He makes (the child) look at the sun, pronouncing (the verse), 'That eye' (Vâg. Samhitâ XXXVI, 24).
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Gadādharapaddhati — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit