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'''Keshanta''' ({{lang-sa|केशान्त}}, {{IAST|Keśānta}}) (literally, cutting the hair) is the thirteenth of the sixteen [[saṃskāra]]s ([[sacrament]]s) practiced by the [[Hindu]]s. This ''saṃskāra'' is connected with the first shaving of a student's beard when his age is about 16 years. The procedure of this ''saṃskāra'' is almost the same as that of the [[Chudakarana]]. This ''saṃskāra'' was also known as the ''Godana'' (giving a cow) or the ''Godanakarman'' (rite of giving a cow), as the student offered a cow to the teacher at the end of the ceremony.<ref name="pandey2">Pandey, R.B. (1962, reprint 2003). ''The Hindu Sacraments (Saṁskāra)'' in S. Radhakrishnan (ed.) ''The Cultural Heritage of India'', Vol.II, Kolkata:The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, {{ISBN|81-85843-03-1}}, pp.390-413</ref> According to the [[Manusmriti]] (II.65), this ''saṃskāra'' should be performed for a [[Brahmin]] in the sixteenth year (from conception), for a [[Kshatriya]] in the twenty-second year and for a [[Vaishya]] in the twenty-fourth year.<ref>{{cite book|last=Buhler|first=George|title=The Laws of Manu|publisher=BiblioLife|orig-year=1886|year=2009|pages=21|isbn=978-0-559-07692-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=huzJI0-d6JAC&q=Kesanta+The+Laws+of+Manu&pg=PA25}}</ref><br />
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