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After ten days
from the birth of the child, the father should perform what is called Jata-karma for the
child.
The father places the child on his lap and saying a mantra, smells the forehead of the
child.
He says the name of its nakshatra in the child’s right ear.
Then the father smears a drop of honey on a golden ring and rubs the child’s tongue
with it saying a mantra.
This mantra prays for a long and healthy life and also for intelligence for the child.
The next important Samskara is Namakarna or naming the child. The name should be that of a
deity like Rama, Krishna and so on or of one of the child’s ancestors.
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