[vardhaṃ chedaṃ karoti, vṛdh ṇic-āp ca tato bhāve lyuṭ] 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 congra- tulatory expressions are offered; cf. pūrṇapātra.