Samskara from Hindu Dharma

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Samskara from Hindu Dharma

 

I used the word "samskara" above [in the previous chapter - of part

Fifteen ]. I also explained its meaning according to the

Tarka-sastra(science of logic) as "impression on memory". But this is

not how the word is generally understood. "Sam(s)"=well;

"kara"=making. "Samskara" means making something good, refining or

purifying it.

 

The dharmasasthras deal with such samskaras as purify a man so as to

make him fit to be united with the Paramathman. From the dharmasastras

we know in detail the forty samskaras that are based on the

Kalpa-sutras and that are to be performed by a man during his life's

journey.

http://www.kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part16/chap1.htm