History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.245

v2.c23.245

The principal rules about names may now be set out from the gṛhyasūtras. Āśv. (I. 15. 4-10, S. B. E. vol. 29, pp. 182-183) says 'Let (them) give the boy a name beginning with a sonant, having a semivowel in it, with a visarga at the end, consisting of two syllables or of four syllables, of two syllables if (the father) is desirous of firm (worldly) position (for his son), of four syllables if he is desirous of spiritual eminence (for his son);