Concepts
Record
Root
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संस्कार
saṃ-s-kār-a
Sound change: ṛ → ār, and an s is inserted between sam and kṛ.
Literally: Making well, putting together well.
saṃskṛta, "Sanskrit", is the same word: the well-made language.
Dimensions
What the usual translation loses
ritual
Rites are one sense. Saṃskāra is any shaping, including what each repetition of a sound does to you.
Where you meet it
Not in the ślokas here yet.