Samskarams to be done from birth to first year
1. JAATA KARMA: On hearing the birth of a child, the father of the child has to go to tataka i.e. river/tank/well and have to jump into the same from height with clothes adorned. The water splashed to such height will mark the happiness of generations previous to him i.e. the pitru loka devatas also share the joy of new born. The father of the child will have no jaata asoucham on that day. After the bath he has perform nandi abyudaika sradha if he is well versed with procedure or at least he has to perform the same either by hiranya or by ama (hiranya means giving money as daanam, ama dana is giving rice, vegetables etc as danam) to please the pitru devatas. While a child is being born in our vamsa, our forefathers will eagerly await for the birth of the child and shower their asirvadams to the new born in happiness as some in the family has born to uplift their status in pitru loka. Even if one more child is born within 7 generatiions of your gotra in father side, there is no asoucha till he performs the jaaata karma. Only exception is if marana asouch is there, this jaata karma has to be performed on completion of asoucha. Phyisically, jaata karma is nothing but to greet the pitaras of our vamsa and praying them for upliftment.
2. NAAMAKARANA: This is to be done on 11th day or 29th day or after that within one year completion. This samskara is only to name the child according to vedic rites so that the same name will be referred even after his death in all samskarams. On this day, the father has to perform punyaha vachana, naandi abyudaika sradha, graha devata puja and homa without fail. During this time if the child is born in stars that will harm for the health of the child also to be performed the santhi compulsorily. Naming is to be performed by keeping rice in a big plate and three lines to be drawn in it, maasa namna, nakshatra namna and vyavaharika namna is to be written by the father three times. Maasa namna is the name assigned to each month and we have to choose on which month the child is born according to chandramana, 27 nakshatras also have individual vedic names and we have to write the particular nakshatra name in which the child is born, then the vyavahara naama is nothing but as per our kulaachara the kuladevata name+elders name+the name we choose to call him along with sarma in case of Brahmins, varma in case of kshatriyas and gupta in case of vysyas. The vyavahara namam should not be shrinked and to call him as your desire. In our sanatana dharma, the naming of child with god names except, names of rivers, tulasi etc for women and we have to call them with full name always. Naming the children with patrivara names, river names or tulasi etc and calling them peeda, daridram, munda etc will cause innumerable sin to us. Thus the god names will register in our minds in such a way so that at the time of pranotkramana, even if we do not call the god name but if we call our children name (adoned with god name) the person in death bed will get good lokas after death. Example for this ajaamilopakhyana. The vedic way of naming child name should be the total of letters in even number for males and odd numbers for females.
3. KARNA VEDAM: Piercing of ear is to be done when the tooth grow to child or the child independently moves to his/her mother’s lap. Normally it is not more than before 6 months. This function is to be performed on chaitra, karthika, pushya and phalguna (in tamil chitrirai, karthikai, thai, panguni) sukla paksha. Normally, ear piercing is done in the kula devata sannidhi or in temples. There is no vedic samskara to this. This is done to activate the child’s mental energy. (accupunture way of treatment)
4. NISHKRAMANAM: normally when child is born, the child will not be brought out for 10 days from the prasuti gruham . In old days a separate room is segregated for child birth in the house and that room will not get either sun rays or other light energies other than the oil lamps lit in the room. The main purpose is to avoid bacteria from nature as well as the child is in the mother’s garbha for nine months without light and it should come to normalcy to accustom with light of nature. Taking out of new born from the prasuti gruham on the 12th day is called nishkaramanam. During the 3rd month the child is brought to other areas of the house and early morning sun light is subjected to the child’s body to get vitamin D. After one month the child is subjected to have moon rays also and after that the child will be taken to temple first before visiting to other places. This is prescribed in the sanata dharma but due to development of science in leaps and bounds our generations is not following the procedure.
5. ANNAPRASANA: This samskaram is to be done either in the sixth or eigth month when the child able to digests the hard items from liquid and semi liquid items. It is seen, many parents are performing this function of the first birth day itself along with ear piercing to avoid expenditure. But before that we have to keep in mind that the child should not be allowed to consume the hard substances from each and every one’s plate. Nowadays it has become a fashion and culture to have food from other man’s plate. The child should be made to consume curd+honey+ghee mixture initially from mother only.
6. ABDAPOORTHY/1ST BIRTHDAY: This function is to be done on the same nakshatra the child born year before (same month and nakshatra) On this day, the parents has to do punhyaha vachana, nandri abhyudaika sraadha and graha vedika puja and perform navagraha homa and also perform ayushya sookta homa. Many of the parents are joining the ear piercing and anna prasana function also with this but it is not correct to mix all those functions with abdapoorthy. Care should be taken that cake cutting and putting of candles by the new born is not our custom and we should not practice the same to children. How we show the way by adopting by ourselves, the children will follow us. Hence it is our utmost duty to live with eticasy and dharmic way so that the children will also follow us.
The same this is being observed even every birthday of the child even in 60th, 70th, 80th and 100th birthdays also. We should not leave our customs and adopt the foreign culture and spoil our children.
1. JAATA KARMA: On hearing the birth of a child, the father of the child has to go to tataka i.e. river/tank/well and have to jump into the same from height with clothes adorned. The water splashed to such height will mark the happiness of generations previous to him i.e. the pitru loka devatas also share the joy of new born. The father of the child will have no jaata asoucham on that day. After the bath he has perform nandi abyudaika sradha if he is well versed with procedure or at least he has to perform the same either by hiranya or by ama (hiranya means giving money as daanam, ama dana is giving rice, vegetables etc as danam) to please the pitru devatas. While a child is being born in our vamsa, our forefathers will eagerly await for the birth of the child and shower their asirvadams to the new born in happiness as some in the family has born to uplift their status in pitru loka. Even if one more child is born within 7 generatiions of your gotra in father side, there is no asoucha till he performs the jaaata karma. Only exception is if marana asouch is there, this jaata karma has to be performed on completion of asoucha. Phyisically, jaata karma is nothing but to greet the pitaras of our vamsa and praying them for upliftment.
2. NAAMAKARANA: This is to be done on 11th day or 29th day or after that within one year completion. This samskara is only to name the child according to vedic rites so that the same name will be referred even after his death in all samskarams. On this day, the father has to perform punyaha vachana, naandi abyudaika sradha, graha devata puja and homa without fail. During this time if the child is born in stars that will harm for the health of the child also to be performed the santhi compulsorily. Naming is to be performed by keeping rice in a big plate and three lines to be drawn in it, maasa namna, nakshatra namna and vyavaharika namna is to be written by the father three times. Maasa namna is the name assigned to each month and we have to choose on which month the child is born according to chandramana, 27 nakshatras also have individual vedic names and we have to write the particular nakshatra name in which the child is born, then the vyavahara naama is nothing but as per our kulaachara the kuladevata name+elders name+the name we choose to call him along with sarma in case of Brahmins, varma in case of kshatriyas and gupta in case of vysyas. The vyavahara namam should not be shrinked and to call him as your desire. In our sanatana dharma, the naming of child with god names except, names of rivers, tulasi etc for women and we have to call them with full name always. Naming the children with patrivara names, river names or tulasi etc and calling them peeda, daridram, munda etc will cause innumerable sin to us. Thus the god names will register in our minds in such a way so that at the time of pranotkramana, even if we do not call the god name but if we call our children name (adoned with god name) the person in death bed will get good lokas after death. Example for this ajaamilopakhyana. The vedic way of naming child name should be the total of letters in even number for males and odd numbers for females.
3. KARNA VEDAM: Piercing of ear is to be done when the tooth grow to child or the child independently moves to his/her mother’s lap. Normally it is not more than before 6 months. This function is to be performed on chaitra, karthika, pushya and phalguna (in tamil chitrirai, karthikai, thai, panguni) sukla paksha. Normally, ear piercing is done in the kula devata sannidhi or in temples. There is no vedic samskara to this. This is done to activate the child’s mental energy. (accupunture way of treatment)
4. NISHKRAMANAM: normally when child is born, the child will not be brought out for 10 days from the prasuti gruham . In old days a separate room is segregated for child birth in the house and that room will not get either sun rays or other light energies other than the oil lamps lit in the room. The main purpose is to avoid bacteria from nature as well as the child is in the mother’s garbha for nine months without light and it should come to normalcy to accustom with light of nature. Taking out of new born from the prasuti gruham on the 12th day is called nishkaramanam. During the 3rd month the child is brought to other areas of the house and early morning sun light is subjected to the child’s body to get vitamin D. After one month the child is subjected to have moon rays also and after that the child will be taken to temple first before visiting to other places. This is prescribed in the sanata dharma but due to development of science in leaps and bounds our generations is not following the procedure.
5. ANNAPRASANA: This samskaram is to be done either in the sixth or eigth month when the child able to digests the hard items from liquid and semi liquid items. It is seen, many parents are performing this function of the first birth day itself along with ear piercing to avoid expenditure. But before that we have to keep in mind that the child should not be allowed to consume the hard substances from each and every one’s plate. Nowadays it has become a fashion and culture to have food from other man’s plate. The child should be made to consume curd+honey+ghee mixture initially from mother only.
6. ABDAPOORTHY/1ST BIRTHDAY: This function is to be done on the same nakshatra the child born year before (same month and nakshatra) On this day, the parents has to do punhyaha vachana, nandri abhyudaika sraadha and graha vedika puja and perform navagraha homa and also perform ayushya sookta homa. Many of the parents are joining the ear piercing and anna prasana function also with this but it is not correct to mix all those functions with abdapoorthy. Care should be taken that cake cutting and putting of candles by the new born is not our custom and we should not practice the same to children. How we show the way by adopting by ourselves, the children will follow us. Hence it is our utmost duty to live with eticasy and dharmic way so that the children will also follow us.
The same this is being observed even every birthday of the child even in 60th, 70th, 80th and 100th birthdays also. We should not leave our customs and adopt the foreign culture and spoil our children.
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