==⇒ saṃskāra [ saMskAra ]2[ saM-skAra ] m. (ifc. f. [ A ]) putting together, forming well, making perfect, accomplishment, embellishment adornment, purification, cleansing, making ready, preparation, dressing (of food), refining (of metals), polishing (of gems), rearing (of animals or plants) GṛŚrS. MBh. Kāv., &c. (1) cleansing the body, toilet, attire Hariv. (2) forming the mind, training, education R. Ragh (3) correction (also in an astronomical sense Sūryas.), correct formation or use of a word Nir. Sarvad (4) correctness, purity (esp. of pronunciation or expression) MBh. R. &c. (5) making sacred, hallowing, consecration Mn. MBh. &c. (6) a sacred or sanctifying ceremony, one which purifies from the taint of sin contracted in the, womb and leading to regeneration (12 such ceremonies are enjoined on the first three or twice-born classes in Mn. ii, 27, viz. 1. [ garbh^adhAna ], 2. [ puM-savana ], 3. [ sImant^onnayana ], 4. [ jAta-karman ], 5. [ nAmakarman ], 6. [ niSkramaNa ], 7. [ anna-pr^azana ], 8. [ cUDA-karman ], 9. [ upanayana ], 10. [ kez^anta ], 11. [ samAvartana ], 12. [ vivAha ], qq. vv (7) accord. to Gaut. viii, 8 &c. there are 40 Saṃskāras) GṛS. Mn. MBh. &c. (IW. 188 ; 192 &c. RTL. 353) [ 1120,3 ] (8) the ceremony performed on a dead body (i. e. cremation) R. (9) any purificatory ceremony W. (10) the faculty of memory, mental impression or recollection, impression on the mind of acts done in a former state of existence (one of the 24 qualities of the Vaiśeshikas, including [ bhAvanA ], the faculty of reproductive imagination ') Kaṇ. Sarvad. (IW. 69) (11) (pl., with Buddhists) a mental conformation or creation of the mind (such as that of the external world, regarded by it as real, though actually non-existent, and forming the second link in the twelvefold chain of causation or the fourth of the 5 Skandhas) Dharmas. 22 ; 42 (12) a polishing stone MW.
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