Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

SR No.: 001615
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
Publication Year: 1964
Total Pages: 686
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Canon
File Size: 12 MB

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Sec. IV]
STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA
on the sixth day, and that of purification (asuijāyakammakarane) on the eleventh day, when the impurity caused by the birth of the child ended1.
On the twelfth day they, having prepared abundant food, drink, sweets and other dainties, entertained their friends, kinsmen, relatives, attendants and many others upto the Ksatriyas with those things and honoured them with rich presents.
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Then before all of them the parents christened their child with an attributive name derived from qualities, descending from grandfather, great-grandfather, thus coming down from many successive generations to generations, a name fit and worthy to the family thus:
"As our boy, is the son of king Bala and the uterine son of queen Prabhavati, so let the name of this boy of ours be Mahabala".
Then the child, Mahabala was received by five nurses', viz. Khiradhaie (Wet-nurse), Majjanadhaie (bath.nurse), Mam dana. dhate (toilet nurse), Kilavaṇadhaie (play-nurse), and Amkadhāie (lap-nurse) and he grew up day by day with happiness under the undecaying and unhindered conditions.
Next, at proper time the parents of that Mahabala celebrated the following ceremonies of their son in succession, viz. the ceremony of crawling on the ground (Paraṁgāmana), that of walking (payacam kamanam), that of tasting the solid food (jemamana), that of increasing the quantity of food (pimdavaddhanam), that of the utterance of the first intelligible word from his mouth (pajjapavanam), that of the boring of ears (kannavehanam), the birth-anniversary (samvaccharapaḍilehanam), tonsure. ceremony (coloyaṇagam), initiation with sacred thread (uvaṇayaṇaṁ) and many other ceremonies pertaining to the womb, birth, etc."
13 BhS, 11, 11, 429.
Also
4 Ib, 11, 11, 429. See Nayadhammakahão 1, p. 21. refer to the Divyavadana (XXXII, p. 475) which refers to four classes of nurses, viz. ankadhatri, mālā, stana and kriḍāpanika; also Avadana 1, V. p. 28. Refer to Life in Ancient India by Dr. J. C. Jain. f. 4. 36, p. 151.
5 Bhs, 11, 11, 429.