[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c23.223 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.223 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.223 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.223) (b) According to the Bṛ. Up., Āśv. and Śāṅ., Kāṭhaka gṛ. (34.1) a name was given to the child on the day of birth. This practice is supported by a passage of the Śat. Br.541a 'therefore when a son is born (the father) should bestow on him a name; thereby he drives away the evil that might attach to the boy; (the father gives him) even a second, even a third (name)'. The Mahābhāṣya of Patañjali appears to refer to this view. "In the world the parents give a name to the son when born in a closed space (or room) such as Devadatta, Yajñadatta; from their employment (of that name for the boy) others also come to know 'this is his appellation' ".⁵⁴² (c) Āp., Baud., Bhār., and Pār. prescribe the 10th day after birth for nāmakaraṇa. The Mahābhāṣya quotes a passage⁵⁴³ from the Yājñikas that a name was given on a day after the tenth from birth. - [Previous: v2.c23.222](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.222) - [Next: v2.c23.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.224) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) ## Cites (2) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.kathaka.34.1) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.223](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.223) · Pramāṇa