@article{Kumar_2019, title={Concept of sanskara and developmental milestone relation}, volume={7}, url={https://ayurlog.com/index.php/ayurlog/article/view/381}, abstractNote={<p>The&nbsp;<em>Samskara</em>&nbsp;are&nbsp;a&nbsp;series&nbsp;of&nbsp;sacraments,&nbsp;sacrifices&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>rituals</em>&nbsp;that&nbsp;serve&nbsp;as&nbsp;rites&nbsp;of&nbsp;passage&nbsp; &nbsp;and&nbsp;mark&nbsp;the&nbsp;different&nbsp;stages&nbsp;of&nbsp;human&nbsp;life&nbsp;and&nbsp;mark&nbsp;the&nbsp;entrance&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;particular&nbsp;<em>Ashrama&nbsp;</em>(i.estage&nbsp;of&nbsp;life).&nbsp;In&nbsp;essence,&nbsp;all&nbsp;these&nbsp;rituals&nbsp;are&nbsp;of&nbsp;purification&nbsp;nature&nbsp;and&nbsp;give&nbsp;good&nbsp;qualities. &nbsp;&nbsp; Sanskara&nbsp;means,&nbsp;in&nbsp;other&nbsp;words,&nbsp;<em>"Gunantaradhanam"</em>&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;transform&nbsp;the&nbsp;qualities.&nbsp;In&nbsp;different&nbsp;religious&nbsp;texts&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Hindu</em>,&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Sanskara&nbsp;</em>varies;&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;about&nbsp;16-40. But at present 16 <em>Sanskara </em>are as in practice which should be performed from conception to after death. These <em>Sanskara </em>are related to proper growth and development of fetus and child.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Ayurlog: National Journal of Research in Ayurved Science}, author={Kumar, Krishna}, year={2019}, month={Aug.} }