Garbhsanskar Guru: Sanskar Dons the Garb(h) of Caste Politics
An expecting couple’s first introduction to Garbhsanskar might be the interface of a wellness app marketing itself as a symposium of sacred Ayurvedic texts. Garbhsanskar, the ancient Indian branch of knowledge prescribing care to the mother during pregnancy, comes from the Sanskrit words garbha, womb, and sanskar, the rites of passage or values—literally, the rites of passage in the womb.
