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I ADHYAYA, 16 KANDIKA, 5.
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a sonant, with a semivowel in it, with the Visarga at its end, consisting of two syllables,
5. Or of four syllables;
6. Of two syllables, if he is desirous of firm position; of four syllables, if he is desirous of holy lustre ;
7. But in every case with an even number (of syllables) for men, an uneven for women.
8. And let him also find out (for the child) a name to be used at respectful salutations (such as that due to the Âkârya at the ceremony of the initiation); that his mother and his father (alone) should know till his initiation.
9. When he returns from a journey, he embraces his son's head and murmurs, 'From limb by limb thou art produced; out of the heart thou art born. Thou indeed art the self called son; so live a hundred autumns!'-(thus) he kisses him three times on his head.
10. The rite only (without the Mantra is performed) for a girl.
KANDIKA 16.
1. In the sixth month the Annaprâsana (i. e. the first feeding with solid food).
2. Goat's flesh, if he is desirous of nourishment, 3. Flesh of partridge, if desirous of holy lustre, 4. Boiled rice with ghee, if desirous of splendour: 5. (Such) food, mixed with curds, honey and ghee he should give (to the child) to eat with (the verse), 'Lord of food, give us food painless and strong;
16, I seq. Comp. Sânkh.-Grihya I, 27, I seq. The two texts are nearly word for word identical.
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