Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF SAMSKARA IN CHILDREN ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA-A REVIEW

Ajay Kumar Goswami*, Bijita Majumder and Abhishek Shah

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Abstract

Samskara (Sacraments) are a religious customs (rite), rituals sacrifices a religious ceremony. Samskara also build a wakefulness of the attainment of social status and rights for the individual. In Ayurveda, the word samskara also introduced as “Samskaro hi Gunaantradhyanum” means qualitative improvement is carried out by incorporating the specific qualities. The number of samskara varies in different Hindu dharma granthas, it is about 16-40, but the applicable samskara are 16 (shodash) in number which spreads from garbhadan to anteysthi samskara. In the present paper, it can be concluded that the samskara described in Ayurvedic texts are based on the various milestones of child growth and developments and hence provide a rational guideline toward his care from very conception to adolescence.

Keywords: Samskara, Sacraments, Milestone, Growth and development.