TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deshpande Kamalabai
TI  - The child in Ancient India
SN  - 978-81-307-1756-2
U1  - 294.538 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi.
PB  - Cosmo Publications
N1  - Introduction
What is a Samskara?
The origin and development of Samskaras
The number of Samskaras
Caturthikarma or Garbhadhana 
Pumsavana
Simantonnayana
Jatakarman
Jatakarman
Namakarana
Niskramana
Annapras'ana
Caula
The origin and development of the Upanayana up to the vedic period
The Upanayana in the Sutra period
The ritual of the Upanayana
Some thoughts on the Upanayana
The Grhya Sutras and their Mutual relations
The beginning of the custom of child- marriage 
Texts
Bibliography
ER  -