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According to 'Baudhayana, the name derived from the constellation was kept secret.

According to 'Baudhayana, the name derived from the constellation was kept secret.

=== उपयुक्तकालः ॥ Suitable Time of Performance ===

=== उपयुक्तकालः ॥ Suitable Time of Performance ===

<nowiki>*</nowiki>According to the Harihara Bhashya of Paraskara Grhyasutra, the term दशम्याम् (Dashamyam) is explained thus:  <blockquote>दशम्यामिति सूतकान्तोपलक्षणम् । ततश्च यस्य [वर्णस्य] यावन्ति दिनानि सूतकम्, तदन्तदिने सूतकोत्थापनमित्यर्थः ।  </blockquote>Dashamyam means the tenth day. It should be noted that both Jaata-Asoucha and Mrta-Asoucha are stipulated for a period of ten days. So after the tenth day i.e., on the next day, the eleventh day, Namakarana has to be performed after the purificatory bath of the mother and child. But according to astrological works even these dates were to be postponed if there was any natural abnormality or lack of religious propriety. If there be a Sankranti (the passage of the sun from one zodiac to another), and eclipse or Shraddha, the ceremony cannot be auspicious.   

<nowiki>*</nowiki>According to the Harihara Bhashya of Paraskara Grhyasutra, the term दशम्याम् (Dashamyam) is explained thus:  <blockquote>दशम्यामिति सूतकान्तोपलक्षणम् । ततश्च यस्य [वर्णस्य] यावन्ति दिनानि सूतकम्, तदन्तदिने सूतकोत्थापनमित्यर्थः ।  </blockquote>Dashamyam means the tenth day. It should be noted that both Jaata-Asoucha and Mrta-Asoucha are stipulated for a period of ten days. So after the tenth day i.e., on the next day, the eleventh day, Namakarana has to be performed after the purificatory bath of the mother and child. But according to astrological works even these dates were to be postponed if there was any natural abnormality or lack of religious propriety. If there be a Sankranti (the passage of the sun from one zodiac to another), and eclipse or Shraddha, the ceremony cannot be auspicious.   

 

At the expiry of impurity caused by birth, the house was washed and purified, and the child and mother bathed. Before the proper ceremony the preliminary rites were performed. Then the mother, having covered the child with pure cloth and wetted its head with water, handed it over to the father (Gobhila Grhyasutra 2.7.15). After this, offerings were made to Prajapati, date, constellation, their deities, Agni and Soma. The father touches the child most probably, to awaken its consciousness and to draw its attention towards the ceremony. The ceremony should be done on tenth day* or on a date after tenth day according to Apastamba. <blockquote>दशम्याम् उत्थितायां स्नातायां पुत्रस्य नाम दधाति पितामाता इति। आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् १५.८॥daśamyām utthitāyāṃ snātāyāṃ putrasya nāma dadhāti pitāmātā iti। Āpastambagṛhyasūtram 15.8॥</blockquote>

At the expiry of impurity caused by birth, the house was washed and purified, and the child and mother bathed. Before the proper ceremony the preliminary rites were performed. Then the mother, having covered the child with pure cloth and wetted its head with water, handed it over to the father (Gobhila Grhyasutra 2.7.15). After this, offerings were made to Prajapati, date, constellation, their deities, Agni and Soma. The father touches the child most probably, to awaken its consciousness and to draw its attention towards the ceremony. The ceremony should be done on tenth day* or on a date after tenth day according to Apastamba. <blockquote>दशम्याम् उत्थितायां स्नातायां पुत्रस्य नाम दधाति पितामाता इति। आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् १५.८॥daśamyām utthitāyāṃ snātāyāṃ putrasya nāma dadhāti pitāmātā iti। Āpastambagṛhyasūtram 15.8॥</blockquote>