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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for संस्कार

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संस्कारsaṃskāra1 Making perfect, refining, polishing; (मणिः) प्रयुक्तसंस्कार इवाधिकं बभौ R.3.18.
    1. 1 Making perfect, refining, polishing; (मणिः) प्रयुक्तसंस्कार इवाधिकं बभौ R.3.18.
    2. Refinement, perfection, grammatical purity (as of words); संस्कार- वत्येव गिरा मनीषी Ku.1.28 (where Malli, renders the word by व्याकरणजन्या शुद्धिः); R.15.76.
    3. Education, cultivation, training (as of the mind); निसर्ग- संस्कारविनीत इत्यसौ नृपेण चक्रे युवराजशब्दभाक् R.3.35; Ku. 7.1.
    4. Making ready, preparation.
    5. Cooking, dressing (as of food etc.).
    6. Embellishment, decoration, ornament; स्वभावसुन्दरं वस्तु न संस्कारमपेक्षते Dṛi. Ś. 49; Ś.7.23; Mu.2.1.
    7. Consecration, sanctification, hallowing; संस्कारो नाम स भवति यस्मिञ्जाते पदार्थो भवति योग्यः कस्यचिदर्थस्य ŚB. on MS.3.1.3.
    8. Impression, form, mould, operation, influence; यन्नवे भोजने लग्नः संस्कारो नान्यथा भवेत् H. Pr.8; Bh.3.84.
    9. Idea, notion, conception.
    10. Any faculty or capacity.
    11. Effect of work, merit of action; फलानुमेयाः प्रारम्भाः संस्काराः प्राक्तना इव R.1.2.
    12. The self-reproductive quality, faculty of impression; one of the 24 qualities or guṇas recognised by the Vaiśeṣikas; it is of three kinds: भावना, वेग, and स्थितिस्थापकता q .quod vide, which see v.
    13. The faculty of recollection, impression on the memory; संस्कारमात्रजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः T. S.
    14. A purificatory rite, a sacred rite or ceremony; संस्कारार्थं शरीरस्य Ms.2.66; R.1.78; (Manu mentions 12 such Saṃskāras viz. 1. गर्भाधान, 2. पुंसवन, 3. सीमन्तोन्नयन, 4. जातकर्मन्, 5. नामकर्मन्, 6. निष्क्रमण, 7. अन्नप्राशन, 8. चूडाकर्मन्, 9. उपनयन, 1. केशान्त, 11. समावर्तन, and 12. विवाह; see Ms.2.26 etc.; some writers increase the number to sixteen).
    15. Purification, purity.
    16. A rite or ceremony in general.
    17. Investiture with the sacred thread; मांसं मूत्रं पुरीषं च प्राश्य संस्कारमर्हति Mb.12.165.76.
    18. Obsequial ceremonies.
    19. A polishing stone; संस्कारोल्लिखितो महामणिरिव क्षीणोऽपि नालक्ष्यते Ś.6.5 (where संस्कार may mean 'polishing' also).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पूत

      1. Adjective
      2. purified by sacred rites.
      3. purified by refinement or education.

    • -भूषणम् (speech) adorned by correctness.

    • -रहित, -वर्जित, -हीन Adjective (a person of one of the three higher castes) over whom the purificatory ceremonies, particularly the threadceremony, have not been performed and who therefore becomes a Vrātya or outcast; Compare व्रात्य.

    • -शब्दः a word which gains its currency owing to संस्कार; संस्कारशब्दा एते आहवनीयादयः ŚB. on MS.5.3.21.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संस्कारsaṃskāram. (ifc. f(आ).) putting together, forming well, making perfect, accomplishment, embellishment adornment…
    1. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) 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) Gr2S3rS. MBh. Ka1v., etc.
    2. masculine gender cleansing the body, toilet, attire Hariv.
    3. masculine gender forming the mind, training, education R. Ragh.
    4. masculine gender correction (also in an astronomical sense Su1ryas.), correct formation or use of a word Nir. Sarvad.
    5. masculine gender correctness, purity (especially of pronunciation or expression) MBh. R. etc.
    6. masculine gender making sacred, hallowing, consecration Mn. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender 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. गर्भा*धान, 2. पुं-सवन, 3. सीमन्तो*न्नयन, 4. जात-कर्मन्, 5. नामकर्मन्, 6. निष्क्रमण, 7. अन्न-प्रा*शन, 8. चूडा-कर्मन्, 9. उपनयन, 10. केशा*न्त, 11. समावर्तन, 12. विवाह, qq. vv.; according to to Gaut. viii, 8 etc. there are 40 Sam2ska1ras संस्कार s) Gr2S. Mn. MBh. etc. (IW. 188; 192 etc. RTL. 353)
    8. masculine gender the ceremony performed on a dead body (id est cremation) R.
    9. masculine gender any purificatory ceremony W.
    10. masculine gender 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 Vais3eshikas वैशेषिक s, including भावना, "the faculty of reproductive imagination") Kan2. Sarvad. (IW. 69)
    11. masculine gender (plural, with Buddhists 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 स्कन्धस्) Dharmas. 22; 42
    12. masculine gender a polishing stone MW.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. संस्कारsaṃskāra[sam-skâra] m. [√kri] preparation, dressing (of food); refining (of metals etc.); polishing (of gems)…

    [sam-skâra] masculine [√kri] preparation, dressing (of food); refining (of metals etc.); polishing (of gems); cleansing, purifying; embellishment, decoration, adornment; rear ing (of animals or plants); toilet, attire (rare); correct formation or use (of a word); train ing, education; correctness (of pronuncia tion or expression); purificatory rite, domes tic consecration (applicable to all members of the first three castes), sacrament; sacrament of the dead, cremation (rare); mental impres sion (left by causes no longer operative and sts. dating from a previous birth; there are three kinds, vega, impulse, sthiti-sthâpaka, elasticity, and bhâvanâ, reproductive ima gination); after-effect; creation of the mind (regarded by it as real though actually non existent, such as material phenomena and all connected therewith; Buddhistic term): -tâ, feminine; also equal for abstract neuter of a compound ending in samskâra (Equivalent tomental impres sion); -tva, neuter decoration: kakshushâm samskâra-tvam sam-âp, become a feast to the eye; -nâman, neuter sacramental name (Equivalent to our baptismal name); -maya, adjective (--˚) con sisting in the consecration of (rite); -vat, adjective grammatically correct; -visishta, perfect passive participle better prepared (food).

    Source: Macdonell

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