Sharirasamskara, Śarīrasaṃskāra, Sharira-samskara: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śarīrasaṃskāra can be transliterated into English as Sarirasamskara or Sharirasamskara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚarīrasaṃskāra (शरीरसंस्कार).—
1) decoration of the person.
2) purification of the body by the performance of the several purificatory saṃskāras; कार्यः शरीरसंस्कीरः (kāryaḥ śarīrasaṃskīraḥ) Manusmṛti 2.26.
Derivable forms: śarīrasaṃskāraḥ (शरीरसंस्कारः).
Śarīrasaṃskāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śarīra and saṃskāra (संस्कार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrasaṃskāra (शरीरसंस्कार).—m.
(-raḥ) Purification of the body by various ceremonies at conception, birth, initiation, death, &c. n.
(-raṃ) Decoration or adorning the person. E. śarīra and saṃskāra making perfect.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrasaṃskāra (शरीरसंस्कार).—m. 1. adorning the person. 2. purification of the body by various ceremonies, initiation, etc., [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 26.
Śarīrasaṃskāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śarīra and saṃskāra (संस्कार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śarīrasaṃskāra (शरीरसंस्कार):—[=śarīra-saṃskāra] [from śarīra] m. Purification of the body (by the ceremonies at conception, birth, initiation etc.; See saṃsk), [Manu-smṛti ii, 26]
2) [v.s. ...] n. decoration or adorning of the person, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚarīrasaṃskāra (शरीरसंस्कार):—[śarīra-saṃskāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Purification of the body. n. Decoration of the person.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Sharira, Samskara.
Full-text: Sharir-sanskaar, Hasya, Nisheka, Pavana, Samskara.
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