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simantonnayana wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 description 2 ceremony 3 regional names 4 see also 5 references toggle the table of contents simantonnayana 9 languages বাংলা français हिन्दी ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം मराठी नेपाली русский संस्कृतम् edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia hindu rite of passage during later stage of pregnancy simantonnayana sanskrit सीमन्तोन्नयन sīmantonnayana literally parting the hair or simantha is the third of the 16 saṃskāras sacraments rites of passage in the ancient texts of hinduism it is observed in the last trimester of pregnancy to wish for safe delivery and is similar to a baby shower 1 the authorities are not unanimous whether this saṃskāra should be performed for the first child or it should be performed for every child 2 description edit simantonnayana also called simanta or simantakarana literally means parting the hair upwards 3 4 the significance of the ritual is to wish a healthy development of the baby and safe delivery to the mother 5 simantonnayana ritual is described in many gryhasutra texts but kane states that there is great divergence in details which may be because the rite of passage emerged in more a recent era before it receded into the background 3 the texts do not agree on whether this rite of passage was to be celebrated before or after pumsavana early or late stage of pregnancy or the nature of ritual celebrations 3 the texts also disagree whether simantonnayana was a rite of passage of the baby or of the pregnant woman the former implying it must be repeated for every baby while the latter implying it was to be observed once for the woman with her first pregnancy 3 4 the common element was the husband and wife getting together with friends and family then he parts her hair upwards at least three times in modern times the parting hair rite of passage is rarely observed and when observed it is called atha gulem and done in the 8th month with flowers and fruits to cheer the woman in the late stages of her pregnancy 6 the ritual has more commonly evolved into a ritual that shares characteristics of a baby shower where the friends and relatives of the woman meet acknowledge and satisfy the food cravings of the expectant woman and give gifts to the mother and the baby in 7th or 8th month of pregnancy 5 7 yåjñavalkya smriti verse 3 79 asserts that the desires of the pregnant woman should be satisfied for healthy development of the baby to prevent miscarriage and her health 5 this rite of passage is regionally called by various names such as seemant godh bharai seemantham or valaikaapu 8 ceremony edit according to the paraskara gryha sutra at the beginning of the ceremony the pregnant wife seats on a soft chair and with caressing attention the husband himself parts her hairs upwards from the forehead three times first with a bunch containing an even number of unripe udumbara ficus racemosa fruits and three bunches of darbha grass next with a porcupines quill having three white spots and finally with a stick of the viratara wood and a full spindle chanting each time three mahavyahrti s great mystical mantras bhur bhuvah and svah but according to baudhayana different two verses are chanted 2 after the simantonnayana ritual and until the birth the woman is expected to not overexert herself her husband is expected to be by her and not to travel to distant lands 5 regional names edit simantonnayana is known by different names all over india in the hindi belt it is called godh bharai or seemant while in south india it is known by the name seemantham 9 colloquially valaikappu in tamil speaking regions depending upon the month of pregnancy it is performed the terms used are panchmāsa fifth month satmāsā seventh month athamāsā eighth month for example term athamāsā is common in rajasthan while satmāsā in uttar pradesh in dogri language the terms thoaa and reetā are common in konkani and marathi probably in khandeshi language also the same ceremony is called dohale jevan in marathi term choli pangarana 10 and in kannada term kubsa todasodu is used in bengal the name shaadh shaadh is common while in odisha chitau khiaa or suaada khiaa is popular the names shimant 11 and khodo bharvano is common in the state gujarat see also edit saṃskāra sadhbhakshan references edit pandey r b 1962 reprint 2003 the hindu sacraments saṁskāra in s radhakrishnan ed the cultural heritage of india vol ii kolkata the ramakrishna mission institute of culture isbn 81 85843 03 1 pp 390 413 1 2 pandey rajbali 1969 reprint 2002 hindu saṁskāras socio religious study of the hindu sacraments delhi motilal banarsidass isbn 81 208 0434 1 pp 64 9 1 2 3 4 pv kane samskara chapter vi history of dharmasastras vol ii part i bhandarkar oriental research institute pages 222 224 1 2 rajbali pandey 1969 hindu saṁskāras socio religious study of the hindu sacraments isbn 978 81 208 0396 1 pages 64 65 1 2 3 4 mary mcgee 2007 samskara in the hindu world editors mittal and thursby routledge isbn 978 0415772273 page 341 pv kane samskara chapter vi history of dharmasastras vol ii part i bhandarkar oriental research institute page 226 james b robinson 2004 hinduism isbn 978 0791078587 page 83 pregnant kanica maheshwari to have a real godh bharai on her tv show the times of india jagannathan maithily 2005 south indian hindu festivals and traditions abhinav publications isbn 978 81 7017 415 8 general india office of the registrar 1962 census of india 1961 manager of publications edalji shapurji 1863 a dictionary gujarati and english atmaram sagun v t e 16 hindu saṃskāras rites of passage pre natal garbhādhāna puṁsavana sīmantonnayana childhood jātakarman nāmakaraṇa niṣkramaṇa annaprāśana cūḍākaraṇa karṇavedha educational vidyārambha upanayana vedārāmbha keśānta samāvartana marriage vivāha last antyeṣṭi related topics nishekam pumsavana simantonayana retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title simantonnayana oldid 1358662021 category samskaras hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles containing sanskrit language text this page was last edited on 10 june 2026 at 03 43 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by 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