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At this time another cultural aspect is included in the sacrament. A pen, a book, toys, sweets, some astra (like a knife) like things, gold ornaments and many such things are kept in front of the crawling child. The child is left free to find out what things attract the child's attention to a great extent. The kind of thing that the child has an attraction for, it is said, describes the child's future interests in life and so the elders have a clue about the direction in which the child has to be encouraged.
At this time another cultural aspect is included in the sacrament. A pen, a book, toys, sweets, some astra (like a knife) like things, gold ornaments and many such things are kept in front of the crawling child. The child is left free to find out what things attract the child's attention to a great extent. The kind of thing that the child has an attraction for, it is said, describes the child's future interests in life and so the elders have a clue about the direction in which the child has to be encouraged.
== Biological Implications ==
The significance of the Annaprasana-Sanskara was that the children were weaned away from their mothers at proper time. They were not left at the caprice of their parents who often injure their children by overfeeding them without taking into consideration their digestive capacity. The feeding ceremony also warned the mother that at a certain time she should stop suckling the child. The ignorant mother, out of love for her child, goes on suckling it up to year or more, thereby she allows her own energy to be sapped away without doing real good to the child. A timely caution was given by the ceremony for the benefit of both the child and the mother.<ref name=":12" />
The significance of the Annaprasana-Sanskara was that the children were weaned away from their mothers at proper time. They were not left at the caprice of their parents who often injure their children by overfeeding them without taking into consideration their digestive capacity. The feeding ceremony also warned the mother that at a certain time she should stop suckling the child. The ignorant mother, out of love for her child, goes on suckling it up to year or more, thereby she allows her own energy to be sapped away without doing real good to the child. A timely caution was given by the ceremony for the benefit of both the child and the mother.<ref name=":12" />