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* Naiyyayikas speak of samskaras न्यायमते गुणविशेषः ।<ref name=":2" /> as a quality; in the sense of self-productive quality or faculty of impression on the manas recognised by the Vaiseshika darsana as one of the 24 gunas.
* Naiyyayikas speak of samskaras न्यायमते गुणविशेषः ।<ref name=":2" /> as a quality; in the sense of self-productive quality or faculty of impression on the manas recognised by the Vaiseshika darsana as one of the 24 gunas.
+* Advaita vedantins regard samskaras as the false attribution (mithya aarop) of physical action on the Atman (स्नानाचमनादि जन्याः संस्कारा देहे उत्पद्यमानानि तदभिधानानि जीवे कल्प्यन्ते।)<ref name=":1" />
* Sahityakaras use the term in a wide sense -<ref name=":3" />
* Sahityakaras use the term in a wide sense -<ref name=":3" />
−** in the sense of education, cultivation, training
+** in the sense of education, cultivation, training, refinement
+** perfection, polishing
** gentleness, completeness, and grammatical purity
** gentleness, completeness, and grammatical purity
** solving, clarifying
** solving, clarifying
−** splenderous and decorative
+** splenderous and embelishing
−** impression, mould, operation and influence
−* Tarka samgraha calls Samskara as that which is remembered and that which influences memory (संस्कारजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः)<ref name=":3" />
−* Manu calls a samskara as a purifying act, a dharmik injunction or a procedure (Manu 2.26)<ref name=":3" />
+* Tarka samgraha calls Samskara as faculty of recollection and that which influences memory, an impression (संस्कारजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः)<ref name=":3" />
+* Manu calls a samskara as a purifying act, a dharmik injunction or a sanctifying procedure (Manu 2.26)<ref name=":3" />