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* 12. Vivaha
* 12. Vivaha
* 13. Smasana
* 13. Smasana
}}Yajnavalkya Smrti also enumerates the same samskaras except Keshanta which was probably omitted owing to the decline of Vedic studies and its confusion with the Samavartana.
}}Vyasa Smrti enumerates sixteen samskaras (shodasa samskaras) as follows<ref name=":3" />
गर्भाधानं पुंसवनं सीमन्तो जातकर्म च । नामक्रियानिष्क्रमणेऽन्नाशनं वपनक्रिया || कर्णवेधो व्रतादेशो वेदारम्भक्रियाविधिः । केशान्त स्नानमुद्वाहो विवाहाग्निपरिग्रहः ॥ त्रेताग्निसंग्रहश्चेति संस्काराः षोडश स्मृता । (व्यास स्मृति १/१३-१५)
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* 1. Garbhadhana
* 2. Pumsavana
* 3. Simantonnayana
* 4. Jatakarma
* 5. Namakriya (Namakarana)
* 6. Niskramana
* 7. Annaasana (Annaprasana)
* 8. Vapanakriya (Chudakarma)
* 9. Karnavedha
* 10. Vratadesha (Upanayana)
* 11. Vedarambhakriya
* 12. Keshanta
* 13. Vedasnana (Samavartana)
* 14. Vivaha
* 15. Vivaha-agniparigraha
* 16. Tretagni-sangraha
}}Yajnavalkya Smrti also enumerates the same samskaras as Manu, except Keshanta which was probably omitted owing to the decline of Vedic studies and its confusion with the Samavartana.<ref name=":1" />
Gautama Smrti however gives the forty samskaras as per the tradition of its school even though they observe a steady decline of Daiva samskaras. Angira and Ashvalayana Smrti contains a list of twenty-five Samskaras including 7 Pakayajnas. Other Smrtis supply the list of sixteen Samskaras.<ref name=":1" />
Gautama Smrti however gives the forty samskaras as per the tradition of its school even though they observe a steady decline of Daiva samskaras. Angira and Ashvalayana Smrti contains a list of twenty-five Samskaras including 7 Pakayajnas. Other Smrtis supply the list of sixteen Samskaras.<ref name=":1" />
# [[Pre-natal Samskaras (जन्मात्पूर्वसंस्काराः)|The Pre-natal Samskaras (जन्मात्पूर्वसंस्काराः)]] - Garbhadhana (गर्भाधानम्), Pumsavana (पुंसवनम्) and Simantam (सीमन्तः)
# [[Pre-natal Samskaras (जन्मात्पूर्वसंस्काराः)|The Pre-natal Samskaras (जन्मात्पूर्वसंस्काराः)]] - Garbhadhana (गर्भाधानम्), Pumsavana (पुंसवनम्) and Simantam (सीमन्तः)
# The [[Childhood Samskaras (बाल्यावस्थे संस्काराः)]] - Jatakarma, Namakarana, Annaprasana, Chaulam are given under the sixteen samskaras. There are others such as Nishkramana (First Outing), Chudakarana (Tonsure) Karnavedha (Boring the ear) samskaras which are performed in childhood.
# The [[Childhood Samskaras (बाल्यावस्थे संस्काराः)]] - Jatakarma, Namakarana, Annaprasana, Chaulam are generally mentioned under the sixteen samskaras. There are others such as Nishkramana (First Outing), and Karnavedha (Boring the ear) samskaras which are performed in childhood.
# The Educational Samskaras (विद्याभ्याससंस्काराः)
# The [[Educational Samskaras (विद्याभ्याससंस्काराः)]] - Upanayana or Vratadesha, Vedarambha, Keshanta, Samavartana, Upakarma etc fall into this category of samskaras.
# The Marriage Samakara (विवाहसंस्कारः)
# The Marriage Samskara (विवाहसंस्कारः) - Vivaha
# The Funeral Samskara (अन्त्येष्टिसंस्कारः)
# The Funeral Samskara (अन्त्येष्टिसंस्कारः) - Antyeshti
Many of them eg., the pre-natal samskaras and few of the childhood are not generally performed at present; so, they have become a thing of the past. The rest are performed at present by a few orthodox families only and, in a distorted form. The only current Samskaras are the Upanayana (Initiation ), not performed by all the Dvijas today, the Vivaha (Marriage ceremonies) and the Antyeshti (Funeral Ceremonies).<ref name=":1" />
Many of them eg., the pre-natal samskaras and few of the childhood are not generally performed at present; so, they have become a thing of the past. The rest are performed at present by a few orthodox families only and, in a distorted form. The only current Samskaras are the Upanayana (Initiation), not performed by all the Dvijas today, the Vivaha (Marriage ceremonies) and the Antyeshti (Funeral Ceremonies).<ref name=":1" />
Ashvalayana Smrti gives a classifies twenty-five samksaras based on the time they are performed. There are<ref name=":4">Deshpande, Kamalabai (1936) ''The Child in Ancient India.'' Poona: Aryasamskrti Press</ref>
Ashvalayana Smrti gives a classifies twenty-five samksaras based on the time they are performed. There are<ref name=":4">Deshpande, Kamalabai (1936) ''The Child in Ancient India.'' Poona: Aryasamskrti Press</ref>