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वर्धापनं (vardhApanaM)

 
Apte 1890
English
वर्धापनं [वर्धं छेदं करोति, वृध् णिच्-आप् ततो भावे ल्युट्] 1 Cutting, dividing.
2 Cutting the umbilical cord, or the ceremony connected with this act.
3 A festival on a birth-day.
4 Any festival in general when wishes for prosperity and other congratulatory expressions are offered
cf. पूर्णपात्र.