Back সমাবর্তন (হিন্দু দর্শন) Bengali/Bangla Samavartana French समावर्तन संस्कार Hindi ಸಮಾವರ್ತನ Kannada സമാവർത്തനം Malayalam समावर्तन Marathi समावर्तन संस्कार Nepali Самавартана Russian समावर्तनसंस्कारः Sanskrit கல்வி முடிக்கும் சடங்கு Tamil
Hindu rite of passage
The Samavartana (Sanskrit: समावर्तन, Samāvartana), also known as Snāna, is a rite of passage in the ancient texts of Hinduism performed at the close of the Brahmacharya period and marked the graduation of the student from Gurukul (school).[1] It signifies a person's readiness to enter grihastashrama (householder, married life).
- ^ For definition of Samāvartana, and alternate term Snāna, see: Pandey 1969, p. 146.