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==== Grhyasutras ====
 
==== Grhyasutras ====
The Samskaras in the strict sense fall within the purview of the Grhyasutras. They generally deal with the bodily samskaras beginning with Vivaha and ending with Samavartana, a majority of them omit the funeral. Only the Paraskara, Ashvalayana and the Baudhayana describe the funeral. The number of samskaras given in the Grhyasutras range from eleven to eighteen, with a few name changes, omisions and additions.<ref name=":1" /> 
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The Samskaras in the strict sense fall within the purview of the Grhyasutras. They generally deal with the bodily samskaras beginning with Vivaha and ending with Samavartana, a majority of them omit the funeral. Only the Paraskara, Ashvalayana and the Baudhayana describe the funeral. The number of samskaras given in the Grhyasutras range from eleven to eighteen, with a few name changes, omisions and additions.<ref name=":1" />
 
  Gautama in his Smṛti (Dharmaśāstram) enumerated forty Samskaras, including five Mahayajnas, seven Pākayajñas, seven Haviryajñas and seven Somayāgas. Finally, it is decided in Samskaradipika that the following sixteen Samskaras are essential:<blockquote>आधानपुंसवनसीमन्तजातनामान्नचोलकाः। मौञ्जीव्रतानि गोदानसमावर्तनविवाहकाः॥ ādhānapuṃsavanasīmantajātanāmānnacolakāḥ।mauñjīvratāni godānasamāvartanavivāhakāḥ॥  
 
  Gautama in his Smṛti (Dharmaśāstram) enumerated forty Samskaras, including five Mahayajnas, seven Pākayajñas, seven Haviryajñas and seven Somayāgas. Finally, it is decided in Samskaradipika that the following sixteen Samskaras are essential:<blockquote>आधानपुंसवनसीमन्तजातनामान्नचोलकाः। मौञ्जीव्रतानि गोदानसमावर्तनविवाहकाः॥ ādhānapuṃsavanasīmantajātanāmānnacolakāḥ।mauñjīvratāni godānasamāvartanavivāhakāḥ॥  
  

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