History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.319
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.319
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The principal act in this ceremony is the cutting of the hair of the child. The other subsidiary matters are the performance of homa, feeding of brāhmaṇas, receiving of their benedictions and giving of dakṣiṇā, the disposal of cut hair in such a way that no one can find them.