Book Title: Account of Jainism
Author(s): Unknown
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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________________ 32 An Account of monies should be performed in the fifth month, after conception. (4) Dhriti Kriya, means that worship should be performed, in the seventh month, for the sake of the child to be born. (5) Moda Kriya consists in the writing of the primary letters 319 37155H on the body. of the pregnant woman in the ninth month etc. ( 6 ) Birth-“ ceremony. It consists in wor. ship etc at the birth of a child. (7) Naming. It is to be done on the twe. lvth day after birth with worship of the Gods, the Preceptors and the family priests. - (8) Bringing out the child from the delivery room in the second, third or the fourth month. (9.) Laying up the child on a bed. ( 10 ) Feeding the child with boiled rice in the eighthe month or so. (11) First Anniversay, to be performed with feasts etc. ( 12 ) Keshavaya i. e. the ceremony of keep ing hairs after shaving for the first time. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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