the forty sanskara (sacramentary rites). (8.21) Next, the eight virtues of the self: (8.22) Compassion towards all creatures, patience, lack of envy, purity...

A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change...

chapters on Dharma and penances, eleven chapters on purity and Sanskara (rite of passage) and a chapter on hell in after-life. The text is notable for...

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...

encyclopedic in their coverage, covering topics such as Cosmogony, Sanskara (Rite Of Passage), Genealogy, chapters on ethics and duties (Dharma), Yoga, geography...

girl wears a sari for the first time. It is the celebration of a girl's rite of passage after menarche (first menstruation) or period, and she is deemed...

diversity of views. Hindus also have shared texts such as the Vedas with embedded Upanishads, and common ritual grammar (Sanskara (rite of passage)) such...

sanskara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Samskara, saṃskāra, saṅskāra or sanskara may refer to: Samskara (rite of passage), Hindu and Jain rites of...

samskaras or sanskaras (Sanskrit: संस्कार) are mental impressions, recollections, or psychological imprints that forms the basis for the development of karma...

with sanskara (rite of passage) ceremonies. It is found in ancient Hindu texts such as the Vedas, but in a fluid context that is not in the sense of pious...