saṃskāra (m)
Meanings
- (with Buddhists) a mental conformation or creation of the mind (such as that of the external world)
- a polishing stone
- a sacred or sanctifying ceremony
- accomplishment
- any purificatory ceremony
- attire
- cleansing
- cleansing the body
- consecration
- correct formation or use of a word
- correction (also in an astronomical sense)
- correctness
- dressing (of food)
- education
- embellishment adornment
- forming the mind
- forming well
- hallowing
- impression on the mind of acts done in a former state of existence (one of the 24 qualities of the Vaiśeshikas)
- making perfect
- making ready
- making sacred
- mental impression or recollection
- polishing (of gems)
- preparation
- purification
- purity (esp. of pronunciation or expression)
- putting together
- rearing (of animals or plants)
- refining (of metals)
- the ceremony performed on a dead body
- the faculty of memory
- toilet
- training
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