Ceremony at which a child about a six month old is given a first solid food on an auspicious day. This food is taken in the form of a paramanna of boiled rice, milk, sugar and honey, a little of which was gently placed in the childs mouth. In an early Vedic times some flesh was also included and the Grhya sutras were in the opinion that the kind of meat is given to child would influence the child’s nature. ram’s meat  would confer physical strength , partridge meat saintliness , fish a gentle disposition , and rice and ghee glory.