Namakarana, Nāmakaraṇa, Naman-karana: 23 definitions
Introduction:
Namakarana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—A saṃskāra done to Vasudeva's sons by Garga.1 a karma on the tenth day after birth.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण) refers to one of the eleven saṃskāras (purificatory rites of fire) forming part of preliminary rites before Dīkṣā: an important ritual of Śāktism described in the Śāradātilaka-tantra, chapters III-V.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण) refers to the ceremony of “naming the child” and represents one of the sixteen saṃskāras, or “ceremonies” accompanying the individual during the Gṛhastha (householder) stage of the Āśrama way of life. These ceremonies (e.g., nāmakaraṇa-saṃskāra) are community affairs and at each ceremony relations and friends gather for community eating.
Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्र, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण) refers to the “ritual of naming the new-born” and represents one of the eighteen bodily rituals (śārīraka-saṃskāras) mentioned in the Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra (viz., vaikhānasa-gṛhya-sūtra) which belongs to the Taittirīya school of the Black Yajurveda (kṛṣṇayajurveda).—The original Gṛhyasūtra of Vaikhanāsa consists of eleven chapters or “praśnas”. Each praśna is subdivided into sub-divisions called “khaṇḍa”. But only the first seven chapters deal with actual Gṛhyasūtra section. Of these, the first three chapters dealing with the bodily rituals [viz., Nāmakaraṇa].
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śiśuhitā, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.— The Śiśuhitā manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Nāmakaraṇa in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: nāmakaraṇaṃ
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
India history and geography
Namakarana refers to one of those ceremonies of the Nambutiris performed after marriage, during pregnancy or during the birth of a child. Namakarana is the ceremony, at which the child is named, and is said to be done on the tenth day after birth. The naming of a child is an important religious act, which is supposed to carry consequences throughout life. The parents, assisted by a Vadhyan, make a burnt sacrifice to the deity.
Nāmakaraṇa.—(BL), naming ceremony. Note: nāmakaraṇa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nāmakaraṇa : (nt.) naming.
Nāmakaraṇa.— name-giving, “christening” DhA. II, 87;
nāmakaraṇa (နာမကရဏ) [(na) (န)]—
[nāma+karaṇa]
[နာမ+ကရဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
nāmakaraṇa—
(Burmese text): (၁) အမည်မှည့်ခြင်း။ (၂) အမည်မှည့်ကြောင်း။ (၃) အမည်မှည့်ရာ။ (၄) မှည့်ခေါ်အပ်သော အမည်။ (တိ) (၅) အမည်မှည့်တတ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Naming. (2) Reason for naming. (3) Place of naming. (4) Name that is called. (5) Able to be named.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—n (S) The rite of giving the name to an infant.
nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—n The rite of giving the name to an infant.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—n.
1) the ceremony of naming a child after birth.
2) a nominal affix.
Derivable forms: nāmakaraṇam (नामकरणम्).
Nāmakaraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāman and karaṇa (करण). See also (synonyms): nāmakarman.
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Naming a child first after birth. E. nāma, and karaṇa making.
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण).—[masculine] nominal suffix; [neuter] = seq.
1) Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Bik. 424. Oppert. Ii, 6913.
2) Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—[dharma] Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 42.
1) Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—[=nāma-karaṇa] m. a nominal suffix, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
2) [v.s. ...] n. the calling of a person ([genitive case]) by the name of (nāmnā), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
3) [v.s. ...] the ceremony of naming a child after birth, [Kauśika-sūtra] etc., [Religious Thought and Life in India 370]
4) [v.s. ...] (raṇaṃ √kṛ, to perform this c°), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—[nāma-karaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Giving a name.
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—(nāman + ka)
1) m. Nominalsuffix [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 17. 2, 2. 5. 7, 29. 10, 18.] —
2) n. das Namengeben (beim Kinde) [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 58.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 321. 1031. 1037.]
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Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—
2) cakāra nāmakaraṇaṃ gūḍho rahasi bālayoḥ die Cerimonie der Namengebung [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 8, 11.] das Benennen nach Jmd (einer Gottheit) [SARVADARŚANAS. 64, 12.] nāmakaraṇaṃ putrādīnāṃ keśavādināmnā vyavahāraḥ sarvadā tannāmānusmaraṇārtham [65, 8. fg.]
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):——
1) m. Nominalsuffix. —
2) n. das Belegen Jmds (Gen.) mit dem Namen von ( nāmnā) ; die Ceremonie der Namengebung [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] ṇāṃ kar mit Jmd (Gen.) diese C. vornehmen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Nāmakaraṇa (ನಾಮಕರಣ):—
1) [noun] the act, fact or an instance of designating something, someone with a name; a naming.
2) [noun] the religious ceremony observed in naming a child.
3) [noun] the act or an instance of naming or appointing a person to an office or position or to a legislature as a member.
4) [noun] ನಾಮಕರಣ ಮಾಡು [namakarana madu] nāmakaraṇa māḍu to formally name a child; 2. to name or appoint (a person) to an office, position, body of administration or legislature.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Nāmakaraṇa (नामकरण):—n. naming ceremony; baptism;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Nama, Karana, Name.
Starts with: Namakaranadivasa, Namakaranam, Namakaranamangala, Namakaranapatra, Namakaranaprayoga, Namakaranasabhava, Namakaranasanna, Namakaranattha.
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