请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 samskara
释义

samskaran.

/sʌmˈskɑːrə/
Forms: Also 1800s sanscara, sanskara.
Etymology: Sanskrit saṃskāra a making perfect, preparation, < sam together + kṛ to make, perform.
Indian Philosophy.
1. A purificatory ceremony or rite marking a stage or an event in life; one of twelve rites enjoined on the first three classes of the Brahmin caste.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [noun]
washingc1375
purgationa1382
purificationc1384
expiation1532
emundation1610
lustration1614
februationa1652
lustrating1653
water purification1722
samskara1807
1807 Asiatick Researches 9 288 The Jainas..admit the same division into four tribes, and perform like religious ceremonies, termed sanscaras, from the birth of a male to his marriage.
1832 Asiatic Researches 17 309 Some of the original rites are still preserved..in such of the Sanskaras, or purificatory ceremonies as are observed at the periods of birth, tonsure, investiture, marriage, [etc.].
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XVI. 350/2 Ten ceremonies, called Sanscára, must be duly performed before the child of a Bráhman can claim the honours inherited from his father.
1876 M. Monier-Williams Indian Wisdom (ed. 3) 245 He is of course to go through all the twelve Sanskaras or purificatory rites.
1891 M. Monier-Williams Brāhmanism & Hindūism (ed. 4) 353 Twelve purificatory rites, called Sanskāras were prescribed in the ancient collections of domestic rules..for the purification of the three higher castes.
1913 J. N. Farquhar Crown of Hinduism ii. 104 Debendranath Tagore..rebelled against the polytheistic and idolatrous character of the sacraments (saṁiskāras) of the Hindu family.
1962 R. Zaehner Hinduism vii. 201 Saṁskaras or sacraments play an important part throughout the life of a Hindu.
1977 B. Saraswati Brahmanic Ritual Trad. p. xii Of all the social institutions, the institution of the samskaras serves as the corner-stone of the total cultural complex of the brahmanic society.
2. A mental impression, instinct, or memory.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > concepts in
pralaya1678
akasha1768
atman1785
karma1785
maya1789
samskara1827
samsara1845
satya1879
sadhana1898
marga1926
1827 Trans. Royal Asiatic Soc. I. 562 Thence comes passion (sanscára), comprising desire, aversion, delusion, &c.
1875 M. Williams Indian Wisdom iii. 79 Saṉskāra, implying—a. impetus as the cause of activity; b. elasticity; c. the faculty of memory.
1896 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Philos. 233 Samskâra, impressions in the mind-stuff that produce habits.
1930 N. Dutt Aspects Mahayana Buddhism iii. 94 They have been blinded by avidyā (ignorance of the Truth), from which have followed the saṃskaras (impressions).
1952 H. Zimmer Philos. of India iii. ii. 324 The noun saṁskāra, signifying ‘impression, influence, operation, form, and mold’, is one of the basic terms of Indian philosophy.
1977 J. Hewitt Yoga & Meditation v. 42 The other is that which consists only of Samskaras, being brought on by the practice of the cause of complete suspension.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.1807
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/3 12:46:54