The samashrayana (Sanskrit: समाश्रयणम्, romanized: Samāśrayaṇam) or the panchasamskara (Sanskrit: पञ्चसंस्कार, romanized: Pañcasaṃskāra)[1] is a Hindu sacrament generally associated with the Sri Vaishnava tradition.[2] It consists of five rites of initiation performed by a shishya (disciple) to be formally initiated into the tradition by an acharya (preceptor).[3]
^Flood, Gavin (2005-06-10). The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-4051-3251-0.
^Bulletin of the Anthropological Survey of India. Director, Anthropological Survey of India, Indian Museum. 1971. p. 109.
^Williams, Raymond Brady (2017-11-28). Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration: Collected Works. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-351-14310-3.
The samashrayana (Sanskrit: समाश्रयणम्, romanized: Samāśrayaṇam) or the panchasamskara (Sanskrit: पञ्चसंस्कार, romanized: Pañcasaṃskāra) is a Hindu sacrament...
main activities of the institution include conducting the sacraments of samashrayana and bharanyasa, kalakshepams (higher spiritual lessons), and Vedic and...
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