A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Samskaras
This page describes Samskaras which is located on page 180 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Samskaras” according to 86 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sanatkumara Samhita
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:गुरु-वैष्णवयोः पूजा याग इत्य् अभिधीयतेएते परम-संस्कारा मया ते परिकीर्तितः guru-vaishnavayoh puja yaga ity abhidhiyate ete parama-samskara maya te parikirtitah Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents: guru—of the spieritual master; vaishnavayoh—and the Vaishnavas; puja—worship; yaga—yajna; iti—thus; abhidhiyate—is called; ete—these; parama-samskara—great samskaras; maya—by me; te—to you; parikirtitah—are described....
Read full contents: verse 108
Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) [by Rajendralala Mitra]
The Patanjala Bhashya thus defines the term: (vyutthana-samskarashcittadharma na te pratyayatmaka iti, pratyaya-nirodhena niruddha nirodhasamskara api cittadharmah, tayorabhibhava-pradurbhavau vyutthana-samskara hiyante nirodha-samskara adhiyante, nirodhakshanam cittamanveti tad ekasya cittasy a pratikshanamidam samskaranyathatvam nirodhaparinamah. ) “The residua of the waking state are the attributes of the thinking principle, but they are not intelligent....
Read full contents: Sutra 3.9
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
Some Buddhist philosophers regard vedana and samjna as the parts of samskara, so that from the absolute point of view the five categories were reduced to the following materials, body, mental properties, or concomitants of consciousness, and consciousness. In the Hinayana Abhidharma period, elaborate charts of samskaras were compiled. The Sthaviravadins enumerated fifty-two such samskaras....
Read full contents: Chapter 3 - Buddha and Kapila
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