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==  परिचयः || Introduction ==

==  परिचयः || Introduction ==

Dharma sastras proclaim that samskaaras are a series of sacrifices and ceremonies indicating the passage of various stages of the human life and to signify entry to a particular ashrama. All human beings, especially the द्विज || Dvija (after upanayanam) or twice born and grihasthas are required to perform a number of sacrifices with oblations for devatas, ancestors and guardians in accordance with the vedic mantras laid down for a righteous living. Scholars differ in the number of samskaras being forty and a few saying 25 and 16.     

Dharma shastras proclaim that संस्काराः ॥ samskaras are a series of sacrifices and ceremonies indicating the passage of various stages of the human life and to signify entry to a particular आश्रमः ॥ ashrama. All human beings, especially the द्विजः || Dvija (twice born - called so after उपनयनम् ॥ upanayanam) and गृहस्थाः ॥ Grhasthas are required to perform a number of sacrifices with oblations for देवताः ॥ devatas, ancestors and guardians in accordance with the vedic mantras laid down for a righteous living. Scholars differ in the number of samskaras being forty and a few saying 25 and 16.     

== संस्काराः || Samskaras ==

== संस्काराः || Samskaras ==

Forty सम्स्काराः || samskaras have been prescribed by Goutama Smriti<ref>Kannan. P. R. Translation of Article : [http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/articles/INITIAL%20SAMSKARAS.html Initial Samskaras] from Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham</ref>, as a part of purificatory activities, for not just the physical body but the Jeevatma and for removal of paapam or sins accrued in different ways. They are     

Forty सम्स्काराः || samskaras have been prescribed by Goutama Smriti<ref>Kannan. P. R. Translation of Article : [http://www.kamakoti.org/kamakoti/articles/INITIAL%20SAMSKARAS.html Initial Samskaras] from Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham</ref>, as a part of purificatory activities, for not just the physical body but the Jeevatma and for removal of paapam or sins accrued in different ways. They are