{"id":37,"date":"2019-09-03T05:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T05:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icp05.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/?post_type=chapter&p=37"},"modified":"2019-09-03T05:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T05:40:08","slug":"sixteen-sa%e1%b9%83skaras-%e1%b9%a3o%e1%b8%8dasasa%e1%b9%83skara%e1%b8%a5","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/icp05\/chapter\/sixteen-sa%e1%b9%83skaras-%e1%b9%a3o%e1%b8%8dasasa%e1%b9%83skara%e1%b8%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras (\u1e62o\u1e0da\u015basa\u1e43sk\u0101r\u0101\u1e25)"},"content":{"raw":"
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1.1 Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n

Indian tradition firmly stands on four pillars, viz. Dharma, Artha (money and other mundane matters), K\u0101ma (married life) and Mok\u1e63a (renouncing the world and uniting J\u012bv\u0101tm\u0101 with Param\u0101tm\u0101 to arrest the cycle of birth and death). The ultimate purpose of Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras is simply to generate Vividi\u1e63\u0101 (a desire \/ taste in Ved\u0101nta and attain Mok\u1e63a). Except in Viv\u0101ha (marriage) Vedic mantras are not to be used for a girl child.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

The term Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra is pregnant with meaning and hence untranslatable. Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra here refers to any rite prescribed by scriptures either for purification (removal of sin) or generating \/ injecting some qualities by which a person becomes eligible \/ qualified to perform some rites. V\u012bramitrodayam defines a Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra thus<\/p>\r\n \r\n

\u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0936\u0930\u0940\u0930\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0930\u0928\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0920\u0903 \u0905\u0928\u0924\u0936\u092f\u0928\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u0903\u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0903\u0964 \u0101tma\u015bar\u012br\u0101nyatarani\u1e63\u1e6dha\u1e25 ati\u015bayavi\u015be\u1e63a\u1e25 sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra\u1e25 \u0964<\/p>\r\n \r\n

A special virtue \/ quality that is connected with mind or body is called Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra (the rite for such a virtue \/ quality is also called Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ra).<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

In other words Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras are for cleansing the mind and body and consequently a healthy, happy and peaceful life in this world and Mok\u1e63a after death.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

1.2 Number of Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n

There is difference of opinion as to the number of Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras. Gautama in his Sm\u1e5bti (Dharma\u015b\u0101stram) enumerated forty Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras, including five Mah\u0101yaj\u00f1as, seven P\u0101kayaj\u00f1as, seven Haviryaj\u00f1as and seven Somay\u0101gas. Finally, it is decided in Sa\u1e43sk\u0101rad\u012bpik\u0101 that the following sixteen Sa\u1e43sk\u0101ras are essential:<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

\u0906\u0927\u093e\u093f\u092a \u0902\u0938\u093f\u093f\u0938\u0940\u092e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u091c\u093e\u0924\u093f\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0928\u091a\u094b\u0932\u0915\u093e\u0903\u0964<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u092e\u094c\u091e\u094d\u091c\u0940\u0935\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093f \u0917\u094b\u0926\u093e\u093f\u0938\u092e\u093e\u093f\u0924\u0924\u093f\u0928\u093f\u093f\u093e\u0939\u0915\u093e\u0903\u0965 <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u0905\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0902\u091a\u0948\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0928\u093f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u094b\u091a\u094d\u092f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0937\u094b\u0921\u0936\u0948\u093f\u0924 \u0964<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

\u0101dh\u0101napu\u1e43savanas\u012bmantaj\u0101tan\u0101m\u0101nnacolak\u0101\u1e25 \u0964<\/span><\/p>\r\n

mau\u00f1j\u012bvrat\u0101ni god\u0101nasam\u0101vartanaviv\u0101hak\u0101\u1e25\u0965 antya\u1e43 cait\u0101ni karm\u0101\u1e47i procyante \u1e63o\u1e0da\u015baiva tu \u0964<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n