In Nyaya school of Hinduism, not all Samskara are psychological. In these schools of Hinduism, rites of passage, other actions, studies, diligent preparation...

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

funeral rites for the dead in Hinduism, which usually involves cremation of the body. This rite of passage is the last samskara in a series of traditional...

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 ceremony...

rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after the death of a human being for their...

of the term, which relies primarily on its first definition, refers to Hindu rites of passage. The second definition presents saṃskāra as a form of disposition...

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rituals, part of samskara (rites of passage) in the Hindu tradition. These rituals are observed in India by the pregnant mother and father of the child,...

is the third of the 16 Saṃskāras (sacraments, rites of passage) in the ancient texts of Hinduism. It is observed in the last trimester of pregnancy to...

Ritu Kala Samskara, or Ritushuddhi, is a female coming-of-age ritual in South Indian Hindu traditions. The ritual is performed when a girl wears a langa...

a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a...

grammar is common to many samskara (rite of passage) ceremonies in various Hindu traditions. The Vedic fire ritual, at the core of various homa ritual variations...

second of the 16 saṃskāras (sacraments, rite of passage) in ancient texts of Hinduism. The rite of passage is celebrated in the third or fourth month of pregnancy...

attaining the wealth of the womb) is the first of the 16 saṃskāras (sacraments, rites of passage) in Hinduism. Garbhadhana is a composite word of Garbha (womb)...

students at the Samavartana rite of passage. Saṃskāra – a list of rites of passage in Hinduism Rites of passage For definition of Samāvartana, and alternate...

54-102 of the text discuss the significance and celebration of Hindu festivals and family celebrations such as those related to the Samskara (rite of passage)...

free of that bondage, and who or what can lead one on that path. Major life stage milestones are celebrated as sanskara (saṃskāra, rites of passage) in...

Pitṛ) are the spirits of departed ancestors in Hinduism. Following an individual's death, the performance of the antyesti (funeral rites) is regarded to allow...

public ceremonies, while gṛhyasūtras focus on householders and saṃskāras (rites of passage) such as childbirth, marriage, renunciation and cremation. The...

marriage is viewed as one of the saṁskāras performed during the life of a human being, which are lifelong commitments of one wife and one husband. In...

also practised by a number of Hindu religious orders. Tonsure is usually the part of three rites of passages in the life of the individual in Hinduism...

the body of the deceased who is entitled to wear the turban. As per tradition, it is the oldest surviving son who performs this final rite.) Rasam means...

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

Punjabi: ਤੇਹਰਵੀਂ) refers to the ceremony conducted to mark the final day of mourning after a death by North Indian Hindus, and sometimes Sikhs. The term...

usually when he undergoes the rite of passage that initiates him into a school for Vedic studies. The term also refers to members of the three varnas in the...

is a Hindu rite of passage (Saṃskāra) that marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk. The term annaprashana means 'eating of cooked rice'...

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

in samadhi (a state of meditative consciousness) at the time of death. In Sikhism, the term "samadhi" is used for the mausoleums of eminent figures, both...

lit. 'natal rites') is one of the major samskaras in Hinduism, that celebrates the birth of a child. It is typically a private rite of passage that is observed...