History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.325

v2.c23.325

⁶⁰¹ It appears that originally the father himself performed the cutting of the hair. Some of the gṛhya sūtras like those of Baud. and Śāṅ. nowhere mention the barber in this ceremony. Hence it appears that later on the father performed only the homa and repeated the mantras, while a barber was employed to shave the boy's head. 'तेन यश्चूडाकां कारयिता पित्रादिः स एव वपनकर्तेति सिद्धं भवति । इदानीं तु तादृशशिक्षाया अभावाल्लोकविद्विष्टत्वाच्च समन्त्रकां चेष्टामानं कृत्वा नापितेनैव वपनं कारयन्ति शिष्टाः ॥' संस्काररत्नमाला p. 901.