Look up samskara or sanskara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Samskara, saṃskāra, saṅskāra or sanskara may refer to: Samskara (rite of passage), Hindu...

Samskara (Sanskrit: संस्कार, IAST: saṃskāra, sometimes spelled samskara) are sacraments in Hinduism and other Indian religions, described in ancient Sanskrit...

In Hindu Philosophy and some Indian religions, samskaras or sanskaras (Sanskrit: संस्कार) are mental impressions, recollections, or psychological imprints...

Samskara (pronunciation English title: Funeral Rites) is a 1970 Indian Kannada-language film written by U. R. Ananthamurthy based on his eponymous novel...

 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor...

Mental factors (Sanskrit: चैतसिक, romanized: caitasika or chitta samskara चित्त संस्कार; Pali: cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང sems byung), in Buddhism, are...

romanized: Nāmakaraṇam, lit. 'name-giving') is the naming ceremony in Hinduism and a samskara (rite of passage) to name a baby. According to the Grhya Sutras, Namakarana...

Sanskrit: अन्त्येष्टि), also known as Antima Samskara, Antya-kriya, Anvarohanyya, or as Vahni Samskara, literally means "last sacrifice" or "final auspicious...

transition from childhood to womanhood. Culture and menstruation Langa voni Saṃskāra Bar and Bat Mitzvah Schlegel, Alice, and Herbert Barry, 'Leaving Childhood:...

(Sanskrit: मुण्डन, lit. 'tonsure'), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu saṃskāras (sacraments), in which a child receives their first haircut. It is known...

practices. Under Vedic Hindu traditions, marriage is viewed as one of the saṁskāras performed during the life of a human being, which are lifelong commitments...

Karṇavedha) or Karnavedham is one of the sixteen major samskaras (sacraments) known as "Shodasha Samskaras" of Hinduism. It is an ear piercing ceremony that...

contemporary period. Both form a part of the prenatal rituals, part of samskara (rites of passage) in the Hindu tradition. These rituals are observed in...

A samskara is a process in ayurvedic medicine said to detoxify heavy metals and toxic herbs. In ayurveda, toxic ingredients, which sometimes include heavy...

the hair) is the thirteenth of the sixteen saṃskāras (sacraments) practiced by the Hindus. This saṃskāra is connected with the first shaving of a student's...

Hinduism, the ceremony is traditionally known as Namakarana or the Namakarana Samskara, this ceremony is conducted in an elaborative form on the 12th day after...

Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after...

three National Film Awards for his works. In 1972 he produced and directed Samskara which garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Bronze...

Almost all traditional Hindu families observe until today at least three samskaras (initiation, marriage, and death ritual). Most other rituals have lost...

Kshatriyas (warriors), and Vaishyas (farmers, herders and merchants) — whose samskara of the Upanayana initiation was regarded as a second or spiritual birth...

Muladhara is where the different samskaras (potential Karmas) lie dormant, and Svadhishthana is where these Samskaras find expression. Svadhishthana contains...

Tiwari was the first Pundit to perform a Hindu marriage ceremony or Vivaha Samskara in the day despite opposition from other Pundits who even threatened his...

Saṅkhāra (Pali; संखार; Sanskrit: संस्कार or saṃskāra) is a term figuring prominently in Buddhism. The word means 'formations' or 'that which has been put...

Pancha-Samskara, or "the five impressions", and another name is Samashrayanam. The individual receives the following:[citation needed] Nama Samskara - An...

a regional variation of Simantonnayana, a ritual of the ancient Indian Samskara. Similar traditions exist in different parts of India, known as Seemantham...

Snehalata came under national spotlight for her role in the Kannada film Samskara, written by U. R. Ananthamurthy and directed by her husband. The film went...

on that path. Major life stage milestones are celebrated as sanskara (saṃskāra, rites of passage) in Hinduism. The rites of passage are not mandatory...

romanized: Vivāha, lit. 'Marriage') is the most important of all the samskaras, the rites of passage described in the Dharmashastra texts. Variously...

generations. Saurashtrians strictly adhere to all the Ṣoḍaśa Saṃskāra or 16 Hindu Samskaras, out of which, the main social customs among them consist of...

McGee (2007), "Samskara", in The Hindu World (Editors: Mittal and Thursby), Routledge, ISBN 978-0415772273, pp. 342–343. PV Kane, Samskara, Chapter VI,...