annaprasan

annaprasan

English

Alternative forms

• annaprashana

Etymology

From Hindi, and its source, Sanskrit अन्नप्राशन (annaprāśana).

Noun

annaprasan

1. A Hindu ceremony to mark an infant's first intake of food other than milk.
   • 2010, Krishna Kripalani, translating Rabindranath Tagore, Farewell my Friend:

     Some days passed. Oneday Ketaki had gone to the Annaprasan festival of her sister's daughter.

   • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:

     It was the day of Sumala and Bulen's son's annaprasan, the rice tasting ceremony.

   • 2013, Kim Gruenenfelder, Keep Calm and Carry a Big Drink, page 100:

     Seema squints her eyes, thinking. “Mom asked Scott when they'd be hearing news about the annaprashana.”