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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.86

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Ullāsas
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Published
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 86

Verse 86

जातकर्म्म तथा नामचूडाकरणमेव च । मृतक्रियां पितृश्राद्धं कुर्यादागमसम्मतम् ॥ ८६ ॥

jātakarmma tathā nāmacūḍākaraṇamēva ca | mṛtakriyāṁ pitṛśrāddhaṁ kuryādāgamasammatam || 86 ||

Translation

the birth rite, the naming and the tonsure; funeral rites and śrāddha for the ancestors should be done as the Āgama approves;

Word by word

jātakarmma
the birth rite
tathā
and
nāmacūḍākaraṇamēva
naming and tonsure
ca
and
mṛtakriyāṁ
funeral rites
pitṛśrāddhaṁ
śrāddha for the ancestors
kuryādāgamasammatam
should do as the Āgama approves

Meaning

Nāmacūḍākaraṇa is glossed as naming and tonsure.