Sanatkumara Samhita
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The is is the english translation of the Sanatkumara Samhita. Sanatkumara in Sanskrit means “eternal youth”. Sage Sanatkumara was one of the Four Kumaras, the four Manasputras (mind-born-sons) or spiritual sons of Brahma. Sanatkumara is also the author of the Sanatkumara Samhita, which is part of the Shiva Purana, and has 59 chapters. Alternative ...
verse 106
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
अङ्कनं चोर्ध्व-पुण्ड्रं च मन्त्र-नाम-विधारणम्
पञ्चमी याग इत्य् उक्तं संस्कारं पूर्व-सूरिभिःaṅkanaṃ cordhva-puṇḍraṃ ca mantra-nāma-vidhāraṇam
pañcamī yāga ity uktaṃ saṃskāraṃ pūrva-sūribhiḥ
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
aṅkanam—marks; cordhva-puṇḍram—Vaiṣṇava tilaka; ca—and; mantra-nāma-vidhāraṇam—the mantra and the name; pa 24camī—fifth; yāga—yajna; iti—thus; uktam—said; saṃskāram—samskara; pūrva-sūribhiḥ—by the previous sages.
English translation of verse:
The previous sages say these five saṃskāras are: 1. the marking, 2. tilaka, 3. mantra, 4. name, and 5. yajña.