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I
used the word "samskara" above [in the previous chapter
- of part Fifteen ]. I also explained its meaning according to
the Tarka-sastra(science of logic) as "impression on
memory". But this is not how the word is generally
understood. "Sam(s)"=well; "kara"=making.
"Samskara" means making something good, refining or
purifying it.
The
dharmasasthras deal with such samskaras as purify a man so as to
make him fit to be united with the Paramathman. From the
dharmasastras we know in detail the forty samskaras that are
based on the Kalpa-sutras and that are to be performed by a man
during his life's journey.
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"Hindu Dharma" is a book
which contains English translation of certain invaluable and
engrossing speeches of Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji (at
various times during the years 1907 to 1994).
For a general background, please see here
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