षोडश संस्कार
The classical Shodasha Samskaras marking life-cycle sacraments from conception to cremation.
The Sixteen Samskaras: Life-Cycle Sacraments
The Shodasha Samskaras — sixteen sacraments marking a life from conception to the final rites. This guide sets out where the sixteen come from, why the number itself varies between texts, and which of them households still keep.
इस वर्ग के अनुष्ठान (17)
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गर्भाधान संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Vishnu, PrajapatiThe first samskara, performed to sanctify the act of conception.
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पुंसवन संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Vishnu, PrajapatiSecond samskara performed during early pregnancy for the health of the foetus.
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सीमंतोन्नयन संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Vishnu, PrajapatiThird samskara performed for the wellbeing of the mother and unborn child.
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जातकर्म संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Agni, Ishta DevataFourth samskara performed immediately at/after birth.
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निष्क्रमण संस्कार पंडितजी बुकिंग वैकल्पिक Surya, ChandraSixth samskara marking the infant's first exposure to the outside world.
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अन्नप्राशन संस्कार पंडितजी बुकिंग वैकल्पिक AnnapurnaSeventh samskara marking the first intake of solid food.
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चूड़ाकरण संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Kuldevta, Ishta DevataEighth samskara, the child's first ritual haircut.
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कर्णवेध संस्कार पंडितजी बुकिंग वैकल्पिक Ishta DevataNinth samskara (in some traditions), the ritual piercing of the ears.
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विद्यारंभ संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Saraswati, GaneshaSamskara marking the start of a child's education (regional variant, sometimes merged with Upanayana sequence).
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उपनयन संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Gayatri, Surya, AgniTenth samskara, the sacred thread ceremony marking spiritual second birth.
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वेदारंभ संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Gayatri, SaraswatiEleventh samskara marking the start of systematic Vedic study.
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केशांत संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Ishta DevataTwelfth samskara, the ceremonial first shave marking transition into young adulthood.
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समावर्तन संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Guru, Ishta DevataThirteenth samskara marking the formal completion of Vedic education and return home.
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विवाह संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Agni, VishnuFourteenth samskara, the formal marriage ceremony (full record under Marriage Rituals).
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वानप्रस्थ संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Ishta DevataTraditional (now rare) samskara marking gradual withdrawal from worldly life.
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अंत्येष्टि संस्कार पंडितजी बुक करें Agni, YamaSixteenth and final samskara comprising cremation and associated rites.