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## Trivarnaachar
This verse's meaning is not fully understood. However, it seems to suggest that if a child dies within ten days, the period of mourning is two days. If the child dies after ten days and before sunrise on the eleventh day, the mourning period is three days. This is also mentioned in the Lok Brahma Suri Trivarnaachar. There is another verse following this one, which states that if a child dies after ten days, on the eleventh day or later, the mourning period for the parents is ten days. Therefore, this interpretation seems appropriate to us. || 51 ||
If a child dies before the naming ceremony, one should bathe.
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If the child dies after the naming ceremony, one should bathe and offer tilodak. If the child dies after the Upanayana ceremony, one should bathe, offer tilodak, and perform pinda daan. || 52 ||
The body of a child who dies before the naming ceremony should be buried. If the child dies after the naming ceremony but before the first feeding, the body should be buried or cremated.
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The meaning is: If the child dies before the naming ceremony, bury it. If the child dies after the naming ceremony but before the first feeding, bury or cremate it. || 53 ||
If the child is to be buried, dress it in clothes and lay it down in the grave like a piece of wood. || 54 ||
If a child dies after the emergence of teeth, it should be cremated. Alternatively, if a child dies before the naming ceremony or Upanayana, it should be either buried or cremated. Although there is a choice, it should be performed in such a way that before the third year, when the Chulakarma is performed, and after the naming ceremony, i.e., for a period of less than two years, the body should be buried. After that, until the completion of three years, the body can be either buried or cremated. After three years, the body should not be buried but cremated. || 55 ||
For the parents and siblings of a child who dies before the emergence of teeth, the mourning period is ten days. For close relatives, the mourning period is one night. || 56 ||
For distant relatives, only bathing is prescribed. For those who are not related, the mourning period is one-fourth of the day. For those who are not closely related, the mourning period is one-fourth of the day. || 57 ||
Close relatives should touch the body during the burial, cremation, transportation, and other rituals. Distant relatives should not touch the body. || 58 ||