The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c31.s3.14

v2.c31.s3.14

On the tenth or twelfth day after birth the father and mother and the child are washed, the house purified, and offerings made to the day of birth and three constellations, to Agni and Soma. The special fire is now extinguished, and the old household fire resumes its functions. The child is now named and enters thus into the full life of every day, just as in the Salic law, at the end of nine days,⁴ it received its name and became a subject of wergeld.