[78] जात कर्म from _Jata_, “born,” and _karma_, “an act practised at the moment of birth,” in which the Shrádaha, “the burnt sacrifice,” and other ceremonies, which occupy about two hours, are performed, and then the umbilical cord is cut――(_Ward_, vol. III. p. 73). [79] नामकरण from _Náman_, “a name,” and _Kri_, “to make”――(_Ward’s Glossary_). The first part of a Brahman’s compound name should indicate holiness; of a Chatriya’s, power; of a Vaisya’s, wealth; and of a Sudra’s, contempt. Let the second part of the priest’s name imply prosperity; of the soldier’s, preservation; of the merchant’s, nourishment; of the servant’s, humble attendance. The names should be agreeable, soft, clear, captivating the fancy, auspicious, ending in long vowels, resembling words of benediction――(_Haughton’s Menu_, p. 25). [80] निष्क्रमण from _Nir_, “forth,” and _Kram_, “to step:” carrying the child out of the house to see the sun, and offering up petitions for the long life and prosperity of the child. [81] अन्न प्राशन from _Anna_, “food,” and _práśanna_, “feeding” (_Ward’s Vocabulary_).――“In the sixth month, he should be fed with rice; or that may be done which, by the custom of the family, may be thought most propitious” (_MS._, p. 25).――For the goddess Anna Perenna of the Romans, the Anna-purna of the Hindus, from _Anna_, “race,” and _purna_, “to fill” (see _As. Res._, vol. VIII. p. 69. 85). [82] चूडाकरण from _Chúd´a_, “a single lock of hair left on the crown of the head at the ceremony of the first tonsure,” and _Karana_, “the act of making.” [83] सूत्र _Sútra_, “a thread in general; a string, or collection of threads,” as that worn by the three first classes――(_Wilson_). [84] मुञ्ज _Munja_, “a sort of grass” from the fibres of which a string is prepared, of which the triple thread worn by the Brahman should be formed (_Saccharum Munja_)――(_Wilson_). [85] दर्भ _Darbha_, _Cúsa_, or “sacrificial grass”――(_Wilson_). The girdle of a priest must be made of Munja in a triple cord, smooth and soft; that of a warrior must be a bow-string of Murva; that of a merchant, a triple thread of Sana. If the Munja be not procurable, their zones must be formed respectively of the grasses Cusa Asmantaca, valvaja, in triple strings, with one, three, or five knots, according to the family custom――(_MS._ p. 26). [86] The sacrificial thread of a Brahman must be made of cotton, so as to be put on over his head, in three strings; that of a Chatriya, of Sana thread only; that of a Vaisya, of woollen thread――(_MS._ p. 27).