A summary of rituals or Samskaras as per the Rig Veda . The Samskaras is a series of rituals that mark the various stages (milestones) in a human life, as per the Sanatana; and they need to be celebrated. They are performed in 5 different stages of a human life :- Stage 1: The prenatal years, Stage 2: The childhood years, Stage 3: The student years, Stage 4: The adulthood years and Stage 5: The old age years. In Vedas there are 40 samskaras prescribed, out of which 16 (called the Shodasha samskaras) are in practice even today; as produced below : 1. Garbhadhan - Conception 2. Pumsavana - Foetus Protection 3. Simantonayana - Satisfying wishes of a pregnant woman 4. Jatakarma - Birth Rituals 5. Namakarana - Child Naming Ceremony 6. Nishkramana - Child’s first view of the Sun/Taking the child outdoors for the first time 7. Annaprashana - First feeding of solid food to the child 8. Chudakarana - First tonsure of the child's head (boys) 9. Karnavedha - Ear Piercing (
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