what are 16 samskaras with explanation
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Answer: Garbhadhana, Punswana, Seemantonnayana, Jatkama, Namkarana, Niskarana, Annaprashana, Chudakarma, Karnavedha, Upanayana, Vedarambha, Samavartana, Vivaha, Awasthyadhana, Tretangnisangraha, Antyeshti
Explanation:
Garbhadhana is the conception ritual for having healthy children. Lord Brahma or Prajapati is appeased by this ritual.
Punswana is the fertilization ritual preformed on the third month of pregnancy asking for safety of the foetus. Once again, Lord Brahma is prayed to in this ceremony.
Seemantonnayana ritual is observed in the penultimate month of pregnancy for safe and assured delivery of the baby. This is a prayer to the Hindu God, Dhata.
Jatkama is birth ceremony of the new-born baby. On this occasion, a prayer is observed for goddess, Savita.
Namkarana is the naming ceremony of the baby, which is observed 11 days after its birth. This gives the new-born an identity with which he or she will be associated all his life.
Niskarana is the act of taking the four-month-old child out for the first time into the open sunbathe. The God, Surya, is worshiped.
Annaprashana is the elaborate ceremony conducted when the child is fed cereal fro the first time at the age of sixth months.
Chudakarma (or Keshanta) is the ceremonious tonsuring of the head and Lord Brahman or Prajapati is prayed and offerings made to him. The baby's head is shaved off and the hair is ceremonially immersed in the river.
Karnavedha is the ritual of having the ear pierced. These days, it is mostly girls who have their ears pierced.
Upanayana,as know as thread ceremony, is the investiture ceremony of the sacred thread when Brahmin boys take their life of a bramachari. They are adorned with a sacred thread hung from one shoulder and passed around their front and back.
Vedarambha is observed when the child is initated into study, In ancient times, boys were sent to live with their gurus in a gurugriha (hermitage to study)
Samavartana is the convocation or the commencement to the study of Vedas.
Vivaha is the lavish nuptial ceremony. After marriage, the individual enters the life of a grihastha (conjugal life)- the life of a householder.
Awasthyadhana is a ceremony where the marrying couple encircles the sacred fire seven times.
Tretangnisangraha is the auspicious ritual that starts the couple on their domestic life.
Antyeshti is the final rite of passage or funeral rites that is preformed after death.