संस्कृ [ saṃskṛ ] [ saṃ-s-√ kṛ:1 ] ( cf. [ saṃ-kṛ ] ; [ upa-s-kṛ ] and [ pari-ṣ-kṛ ] ) P. Ā. [ -skaroti ] , [ -skurute ] (impf. [ sam-askurvata ] Lit. TS. ; pf. [ saṃ-caskāra ] Lit. Nir. ; aor. [ sam-askṛta ] ; Prec. [ saṃ-skriyāt ] , [ saṃ-skṛṣīṣṭa ] ; fut [ saṃ-skariṣyati ] Lit. MBh. ; inf. [ saṃ-skaritum ] Lit. DivyA7v. ; ind.p. [ saṃ-skṛtya ] Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 137) , to put together , form well , join together , compose Lit. RV. ; (Ā.) to accumulate ( [ pāpāni ] , " to add evil to evil " ) Lit. Mṛicch. ix , 4 ; to prepare , make ready , dress , cook (food) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to form or arrange according to sacred precept , consecrate , hallow ( in various ways ; cf. [ saṃ-skāra ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to adorn , embellish , refine , elaborate , make perfect , (esp.) form language according to strict rules ( cf. [ saṃ-skṛta ] ) Lit. Sarvad. ; to correct (astronomically) Lit. Sūryas. : Pass. [ saṃ-skriyate ] , to be put together or arranged or prepared or consecrated or refined Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. : Caus. [ saṃskārayati ] , to cause to (be) put together ; to cause to be consecrated Lit. MBh. : Desid. [ saṃ-ciṣkīrṣati ] Lit. Vop. : Intens. [ saṃ-ceṣkrīyate ] Lit. ib.