saMskAraH 1 Making perfect, refining, polishing; (maRiH) prayuktasaMskAra ivADikaM baBO R. 3. 18. 2 Refinement, perfection, grammatical purity (as of words); saMskAravatyeva girA manIzI Ku. 1. 28 ; (where Malli renders the word by vyAkaraRajanyA SudDiH ); R. 15. 76. 3 Education, cultivation, training (as of the mind); ( pb ) nisargasaMskAravinati ityasO nfpaRe cakra yuvarAjaSabdaBAk R. 3. 35 Ku. 7. 10. 4 Making ready, preparation. 5 Cooking dressing (as of food &c.). 6 Embellishment, decoration, ornament; svaBAvasuMdaraM vastu na saMskAramapekzate Dṛ. Ś. 49 ; Ś. 7. 23 ; Mu. 2. 10. 7 Consecration, sanctification, hallowing. 8 Impression, form, mould, operation, influence; yannave BAjane lagnaH saMskAro nAnyaTA Bavet H. Pr. 8 ; Bh. 3. 84. 9 Idea, notion, conception. 10 Any faculty or capacity 11 Effect of work, merit of action. PalAnumeyAH prAraMBAH saMskArAH prAktanA iva R. 1. 20. 12 The self-reproductive quality, faculty of impression; one of the 24 qualities or guṇas recognised by the Vaiśeṣikas; it is of three kinds:- BAvanA, vega , and sTitisTApakatA q.q. v.v. 13 The faculty of recollection, impression on the memory; saMskAramAtrajanyaM jYAnaM smftiH T. S. 14 A purificatory rite, a sacred rite or ceremony; saMskArArTaM SarIrasya Ms. 2. 66 ; R. 10. 78 ; (Manu mentions 12 such Saṃskāras; see Ms. 2. 26 ; some writers increase the number to sixteen). 15 Purification, purity. 16 A rite or ceremony in general. 17 Investiture with the sacred thread. 18 Obsequial ceremonies. 19 A polishing stone; Ś. 6. 5 (where saMskAra may mean ‘polishing’ also). Comp. — pUta a. 1 purified by sacred rites. 2 purified by refinement or education. — rahita, varjita, -hIna a. (a person of one of the three higher castes) over whom the purificatory ceremonies, particularly the thread-ceremony, have not been performed and who therefore becomes a Vrātya or outcast; cf. vrAtya .