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जातकर्मन्

   
Script: Devanagari

जातकर्मन्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
जात—कर्मन्  n. n. a birth-ceremony (consisting in touching a newly-born child's tongue thrice with ghee after appropriate prayers), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] ; [Gṛhyās.] ; ii, 27 and 29">[Mn. ii, 27 and 29] ; [Yājñ. i, 11] ; [MBh.] &c.
   (cf, [RTL. pp.353&357.] )

जातकर्मन्

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
जातकर्मन्  n.  (-र्म)
   1. A ceremony performed when the navel string is divided, touching the infant's tongue thrice with ghee, with ap- propriate prayers, &c.
   2. delivery &c. of a newborn infant.
   E. जात born, and कर्मन् rite.

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