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Namakarana is the naming ceremony. Nāma means name. It should be done on tenth day or on a date after tenth day –<blockquote>दशम्याम् उत्थितायां स्नातायां पुत्रस्य नाम दधाति पितामाता इति। आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् १५.८॥</blockquote><blockquote>daśamyām utthitāyāṃ snātāyāṃ putrasya nāma dadhāti pitāmātā iti।</blockquote>Āpastambagṛhyasūtram 15.8॥
Namakarana (Samskrit: नामकरणम्) is the naming ceremony. Nāma means name of a thing or being. Ever since men evolved a language, they have tried to give names to things of daily use in their life. With the .progress of social consciousness men were also named, because without particular names of individuals it was impossible to carry on the business of a cultured society.<ref name=":12">Pandey, Raj Bali. (1949) ''Hindu Samskaras, A Socio-religious study of the Hindu Sacraments.'' Banaras: Vikrama Publications. (Pages 130-)</ref>
== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==
As quoted in Viramotrodaya, Brhaspati with a poetic exaggeration remarks about the desirability of naming: <blockquote>नामाखिलस्य व्यवहारहेतुः शुभावहं कर्मसु भाग्यहेतुः ।
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.
नाम्नैव कीर्ति लभते मनुष्यस्ततः प्रशस्तं खलु नामकर्म ॥ (Viramotrodaya)</blockquote>“Name is the primary means of social intercourse, it brings about merits and it is the root of fortune. From name man attains fame. Therefore, naming ceremony is' very praiseworthy.”
The scope of Namakarana is restricted to ceremonial naming process mentioned in Sanatana dharma. It is generally found that the choice of a name for the child is often connected with religious ideas. The child is frequently named after a devata who seems to be regarded its protector or is named after a saint whose blessings are sought for it. Secular ideas are also responsible for determining names. They denote a particular quality in the person named.<ref name=":12" />
The assuming of a secret name is also found. It involves the personality of a man and is, therefore, withheld from enemies. The child was named according to his Nakshatra secretly during [[Jatakarma (जातकर्म)|Jatakarma]] according to some texts. The adoption of the father’s name is prevalent, which is based on the family attachment and pride. Thus there are so many factors working behind the system of giving name to a person.<ref name=":12" />
== Namakarana Samskara in Vedas ==
In the '''Rigveda''', the word, "Naman" or name is of common occurrence.
=== उपयुक्तकालः ॥ Suitable Time of Performance ===
=== संस्कारविधिः ॥ Samskara Vidhi ===
It should be done on tenth day or on a date after tenth day –
दशम्याम् उत्थितायां स्नातायां पुत्रस्य नाम दधाति पितामाता इति। आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् १५.८॥daśamyām utthitāyāṃ snātāyāṃ putrasya nāma dadhāti pitāmātā iti। Āpastambagṛhyasūtram 15.8॥
On the tenth day, after the mother wakes up, takes bath, both the father and mother establish the name.<blockquote>द्व्यक्षरं चतुरक्षरं वा नाम . . . । आपस्तम्बगृह्यसूत्रम् १५.९॥ dvyakṣaraṃ caturakṣaraṃ vā nāma । . . . Āpastambagṛhyasūtram 15.9॥</blockquote>The name should consist of two or four letters. 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 ==
== Ayurveda's viewpoint on Namakarana ==