Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s2.39
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s2.39
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c10.s2.39
In the Anna-prāśana (ceremony of putting rice for the first time into the child's mouth), which should be perfomed on the sixth or eighth month in the case of a son and on the fifth or seventh month in the case of a daughter, the Homas should be performed in a fire named Suci, and the child should be fed five times with the food dedicated to the deity (Mahā-prasādānna).