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There are other conditions regarding the form of the name in different Gṛhyasūtras. This is called Vyāvahārikanāma (the name useful for day to day worldly transactions). For a male child the name should have even number of letters whereas it is uneven number of letters for a female child.
There are other conditions regarding the form of the name in different Gṛhyasūtras. This is called Vyāvahārikanāma (the name useful for day to day worldly transactions). For a male child the name should have even number of letters whereas it is uneven number of letters for a female child.
== Ayurveda's viewpoint on Namakarana ==
Acharya Vagbhata in Ashtanga Samgraha treatise describes in depth about the Namakarana Samskara. <ref>Ashtanga Samgraha (Uttarasthanam Adhyaya 1 Sutra 26)</ref>
=== The time of samskara ===
There are 4 different opinions regarding the right time to perform Namakarana samskara. Acharya Vagbhata has mentioned these 3 times as below,
* 10th day after birth
* 12th day after birth
* 100th day after birth
* On completing 1 year of age
=== Preparations ===
* The newly born child's mother completes 10th day post delivery. She is advised to take a bath and wear new clean soft cloths.
* The same is applicable to the baby as well who should be bathed and adorned. As a part of Rakshavidhi (See [[Jatakarma (जातकर्म)|Jatakarma samskara]] for details) child's body is advised to be smeared with herbo-mineral mixtures containing agauru, Chandana, Manoha, Haratala (Arsenic compound) etc.
* Close relatives are called for the ceremony.
<blockquote>दशमे द्वादशे वाह्नि गोत्राचारैः शुभैः शुभे|
सूता स्नानोत्सवं कुर्यात्पिताऽपत्यस्य नाम च|
दिने शततमे वाख्यां पूर्णे संवत्सरेऽथवा|
विभ्रतोऽङ्गैर्मनोह्वालरोचनागुरुचन्दनम्|</blockquote>
=== Who should perform the naming ceremony ===
One can find the reference in Ashtanga Samgraha that the child's father has been assigned the duty to name the child.
=== How to select the name for the child ===
Acharya vagbhata has proposed few guidelines with the help of which the parents are advised to select the name of their child. The guidelines are as follows,<blockquote>पूज्यं त्रिपुरुषानूकमादौ घोषवदक्षरम्|
अवृद्धं कृतमूष्मान्तमनरातिप्रतिष्ठितम्|
नक्षत्रदेवतायुक्तं तदेव तु न केवलम्|
मङ्गल्यमन्तरन्तस्थं न दुष्टं न च तद्धितम्|
पुंसो विसर्जनीयान्तं समवर्णं स्त्रियाः पुनः|
विषमाक्षरमक्रूरं विस्पष्टार्थं मनोरमम्|
सुखोद्यं दीर्घवर्णान्तमाशीर्वादाभिधानवत्||२६|| (Asht. Samg. 1.26)</blockquote>
* The name of the child should be somewhat mathcing the names of his father, grandfather and forefather.
* The first letter of the name should be 'Ghosh akshara' means the 3rd letter in the multiple groups from samskrit varnamala
* The last letter should be the 'ushma akshara' from samskrt varnamala
* two names should be decided.
*# Nakshatrika name- On the basis of birth nakshatra and devata of that nakshatra
*# Abhiprayika name- The actual name
* The name should be reputed, sacred, having good meaning
* For a male child- The name should end with visarjaneeya letter at the end. Also it should have even nunber of letters
* For a female child- The name should have odd number of letters. Her name should be gentle, pleasant and have clear meaning which suggests happiness. It should end with 'Deergha varnas' from samskrt varnamala.
* The name should be such that whenever anyone calls the child with that name, it should appear as if the calling person is blessing the child.
== References ==
[[Category:Samskaras]]
[[Category:Samskaras]]