🪷 अन्नप्राशन · annaprāśana
Saṁskāra #7 of 16 · First-food rite · stage: infancy
What this record can establish
The first-food rite, directly named alongside niṣkramaṇa in Manu-smṛti 2.34.
Textual witness status
direct-manusmriti-witness
Manu-smṛti 2.34 · inspected electronic text
caturthe māsi kartavyaṃ śiśor niṣkramaṇaṃ gṛhāt | ṣaṣṭhe 'nnaprāśanaṃ māsi yad veṣṭaṃ maṅgalaṃ kule ||The verse places annaprāśana in the sixth month and acknowledges family custom. It does not prescribe the former menu or feeding implement.
Verification boundary
Infant feeding must follow qualified paediatric guidance. This page does not prescribe honey, ghee, rice, timing, or a universal ritual procedure.
Mantra, procedure, timing, and health boundary
Vidhyamitra does not publish a “primary mantra,” canonical procedure, modern adaptation, medical effect, or personal timing instruction for this rite until each claim is checked against a named edition and address. Living ritual performance belongs with a qualified guru or paṇḍita in the relevant family and regional paramparā; medical care belongs with qualified clinicians.
🪷 A disclosed calendar-factor comparison supports this event label.
Sources and Connected Saṁskāra Readings
After the record's textual witness and verification boundary, these links connect the received catalogue, source-status context, hosted thematic readings, and Vidhyamitra's Bindu and philosophy foundations. A connected reading is not evidence for a rite's mantra, procedure, timing, or medical effect.
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📚 See Also
- annaprāśana calendar-factor comparison · Disclosed seven-event heuristic; not ritual authorization
- Received sixteen-name catalogue · Editorial navigation with explicit textual distinctions
- Saṁskāra calendar-factor comparison · Seven supported event labels; not a complete classical muhūrta
- Paramparā and source boundary · Living guidance remains distinct from portal claims
- Vidhyamitra editorial philosophy · The portal's source, interpretation, and limitation frame
📖 References
- Manu-smṛti 2.34 — Addressed witness in the inspected GRETIL text; its limited scope is stated above
- Source status: direct-manusmriti-witness — Publication classification for this individual record
- Unverified material withheld — No primary mantra, procedure, medical effect, modern adaptation, or personal Jyotiṣa prescription is published here