NAMING YOUR CHILD CORRECTLY

By:

Jyotishacharya Shastri Pundit Roshan Singh

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Honor and Gold Medalist from theALL INDIA FEDERATION OF ASTROLOGERS SOCIETIES

Honoured by Akhil Bhartiya Saraswati Jyotish Manch of India

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with the titleDEVAGYA MAHARISHI

INTRODUCTIONFirst of all, a name of a person is his foremost identity. So, when a baby takes birth, parents pour all their love, when they think of a name for their baby. In Indian culture, parents take even extra care while keeping a meaningful name for baby.

In these times not every child is named as per rules of moon sign based on time and place, but yes, even today, a letter is allotted to every child based on the time and place where he or she is born. Though, you may just name a child based on the letter from moon sign and not use it for official purposes. This is based mostly on lines similar to numerology where some people change the letters of their names or even their names so that it may be well suited as per numerological calculations.

So, a letter is allotted beginning with which your name can bring luck and fortunes for you, or would keep you most aligned to your stars.Astrology has a big role in Indian culture, especially in Hinduism. Most of the people who follow Hinduism, follow Rashi and Nakshatra for any big incident of their life, such as from marriage to baby birth to keeping baby names to any good occasion. Naming a baby is itself a ceremony called ‘Naamkaran’. It happens on a particular day, again after consulting astrology. So, it is obvious that in Hinduism, parents will keep eye at Rashi and Nakshatra when thinking of a name for baby.

In ancient India, we find many examples of name according to Rashi, such as Giridhar (lord Krishna) for Kumbha Rashi (Aquarius), Banbhatt (name of an ancient poet) for Vrishabha Rashi or Taurus

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etc. Generally, first letter or first two letters are suggested for baby names based on Rasi in Vedic Astrology.Another reason is a scientific one. Psychology says, when you call a person by his name again and again, it influences his personality. Also, according to Astrology, Rashi and Nakshatra at birth time influence baby's future. So, parents try to keep a name according to Rashi and Nakshatra hoping that the good influence of his or her Rashi and Nakshatra might help the baby to build a bright future, when people will call the child by that name repeatedly.

In some regions of India, parents keep baby names according to Rashi because such names are indicators of astrological birth detail. This helps keeping track of Rashi and Nakshatra of the baby later in future, without searching it in long complicated documents called 'Kundali'.

But, there are many divisions in Hinduism and there are some other beliefs too. In contradiction, some parents do not keep their baby's name according to Rashi. They believe that it may disturb the good stars if anyone many choose to inflict harm to the child.Therefore, like the vast and diverse culture, there are many beliefs, thoughts and reasons behind keeping or not keeping a baby name according to Rashi in India.

Naming a human being is the most important event in that person’s life as it is this name that will help mould his or her future. It is also the only thing that remains with us throughout our life – and is used by us and others all the time.

A name is the best gift parents could give their children. If parents believe in naming the child as they wish, they should not give names that have bad meanings. For example, Viranga (which means the male sex organs) or Ayoni (which means a woman without a

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reproductive system) or Chinta (which means – worry) or Nirodh (which means – contraception) Some parents coin names by joining their names together to formulate the name of their child. Most of these coined names might sound nice but do not have any meaning which results in the child becoming an aimless or misguided individual. This has been proved and tested over the many years of my practice in the field of Astrology.

When giving a name to a new born child you need to find the auspicious sounding starting letters for the name. It is believed when such an auspicious sounding name is constantly repeated over the years to come, it will act as a “mantra” which will bring good luck for the child. Your child should be given spiritual names taken from our holy scriptures. For example Krsna, Ram, Keshav, Madhav, Mohan, Radha, Radhika, Madhupriya. This has great benefits to your child and will also benefit everyone that addresses the child by this name, as the child will hear the names of the Lord and the person who is addressing the child will jointly benefit by unknowingly chanting the holy names of the Lord. In this way both the child and everyone will make spiritual advancement and achieve the goal of life – to return to the spiritual kingdom of the Lord. In this degraded age of Kaliyuga the recommended process to break away from the bondage of repeated birth, old age, disease and death is the chant the holy names of the Lord constantly so as to enable the person to remember the Lord when departing from this world. Let us not forget that the purpose of acquiring the human form is to reconnect with God and return to His Kingdom to enjoy eternal bliss and happiness.

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It is therefore important to blend ones material and spiritual life into one. There should be no difference in work and prayer.

CHOOSING A NAME ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEKThere are three ways of finding letters. The crudest way is according to the Day. It is like giving the name “Chandra” to all babies that are born on Mondays or “Ravi” to all male babies born on a Sunday.

CHOOSING A NAME ACCORDING TO THE LAGNA OR RISING SIGNFor the second and third methods you need to cast the horoscope of the child and find out the “Lagna” (Rising Sign) and the “Janama Nakshatra” (position of the Moon) of the child from the horoscope. For this one has to consult with a bone-fide astrologer who is well versed in this field as this has a bearing on the entire future of the child. At this point a full horoscope reading is compiled in order to determine the characteristics, career choices, health, good and inauspicious periods of his / her life and other happenings during the lifespan of the child.

On many occasions we have found that children were incorrectly named and this produces negative results in the life of the individual later on. At that time it becomes very difficult to change the name of the person affected.

The letters compatible with the “Lagna” are considered the best. Then the second best are the letters according to “Janma Nakshatra”. The third preference is the letters according to the Day.

STEP BY STEP GUIDEHow to find letters for the naming of a new born baby.

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Astroworld South Africa is an institution that has grown to be International – providing bona fide horoscope readings to persons from High ranking Officials to businessmen, High court Judges, Lawyers, Doctors and householders. Some countries impose strict time frames over the registration of births. Considering that, the letters had to be found as soon as possible. It is not surprising that I have been requested to compile the horoscope of an animal or pet. They want to name the pet according to the Lagna to ensure that the pet will be happy and healthy throughout his life. Most of my clients have chosen the names of their businesses or home, or brand of a product according to astrology and they are very successful. It is with this in mind that I have compiled this booklet that will provide you with a good idea of how the alphabet should be chosen once the horoscope is drawn up.

WE NEED TO FIND OUT THE LAGNA. LAGNA LETTERS

Aries (Mesh)A as in Avi

Aa as in AadilSha as in Sharook

Taurus (Vrushab)

E as in EmilEe as in EshanUu as in OumSha as in Shane

Gemini (Mithun)Uu as in UshaSa as in Sameer

Cancer (Karak)Ga as in GayathriEa as in Eshani

Simha (Leo) O as in Osho

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La as in LakshVirgo (Kanya) A as in Anjana

Libra (Tula)Ka as in KamalGa as in GalinaDa as in Darsh

Scorpio (Vrishka)Cha as in ChamanJha as in Jasvir

Sagittarius (Dhanu)Ta as in Tariq

Dha as in DharamNha as in Nasiq

Capricorn (Makar)Tha as in TharaDha as in DharaNa as in Natasha

Aquarius ( Kumba)Pha as in PhalithaBha as in BhamaMa as in Mayuri

Pisces (Meen)

Ya as in YakeenRa as in RamLa as in LataVa as in Varun

Suppose you do not like the letters you got from the Lagna of the baby you can now proceed to name your child according to the Janam Nakshatra. (Star)

Do remember that the name should be given according to the sound, for example Che – Chetan or Re – Revati as we do not follow the English alphabets. Sanskrit, Hindi and Gujarati is based on phonic. The following is a list of the Janam Nakshatra and the sounds that are associated to them. Once the horoscope is compiled and the Nakshatra is determined one can very easily choose the correct sound which should be used in naming the child. For

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example – Ashwini Nakshatra produces the sounds Chu, Che, Cho or La. Baby should be given a name that commences with these sounds. For example Che = Chetan or La = Laksh.

Janam Nakshatra LettersAshwini Chu Che Cho LaBharani Lee Lu Le LoKrittika A E U EaRohini O Va Vi Vu

Mrigashira We Wo Ka KiArdra Ku Gha Dha Jha

Punarvasu Ke Ko Ha HiPushya Hu He Ho Da

Ashlesha De Du DoMagha Ma Me Mu Me

Purva Phalguni Mo Ta Ti TuUttara Phalguni Te To Pa Pe

Hasta Phu Sha Na TeChitra Pe Po Ra ReSwati Ru Re Ro Taa

Vishakha Tee The Te TooAnuradha Na Ne Nu NeJyeshtha No Ya Yi UuMula Ye Yo Ba Be

Purva Shadya Bu Dha Ea EaaUttara Shadya Be Bo Ja Ji

Shravana Ju Je Jo ShaDhanishtha Ga Gi Gu Ge

Shatbisha Go Sa Si SuPurva Bhadrapada Se So Da DiUttara Bhadrapada Du

Revati De Do Cha Chi

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