Adhyāya I, Kaṇḍikā 17

1^[1]. On the tenth day (after the birth of the child) the father, having made (his wife) get up, and having fed the Brāhmaṇas, gives a name (to the child),

2. Of two syllables, or of four syllables beginning with a sonant, with a semivowel in it, with a long vowel (or) the Visarga (at its end), with a Kṛt (suffix), not with a Taddhita;

3. With an uneven number of syllables, ending in ā, with a Taddhita (suffix) to a girl.

4. (The name) of a Brāhmaṇa (should end in)

śarman (for inst. Viṣṇuśarman), that of a Kṣatriya in varman (for inst. Lakṣmīvarman), that of a Vaiśya in gupta (for inst. Candragupta).

5. In the forth month (follows) the going out.

6. He makes (the child) look at the sun, pronouncing (the verse), 'That eye' (Vāj. Saṃhitā XXXVI, 24).

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17, 1. Comp. Gobhila II, 8, 14; Āśvalāyana I, 15, 4.

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