In my view the life begins at the time of forming zygote inside the mother's womb. My question is that what is the view of Hinduism about "the beginning of a life"?
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*Krishna* says in the *Bhagavad Gita* that the soul is eternal i.e. life neither begins nor ends. Ofcourse, the body if formed again and again as mentioned in *nobalG's* answer.

TEXT 2.12

> 
> na tv evaham jatu nasam na tvam neme janadhipah na caiva na
>  bhavisyamah sarve vayam atah param
> 
> 
> 

SYNONYMS

> 
> na—never; tu—but; eva—certainly; aham—I; jātu—become; na—never;
>  āsam—existed; na—it is not so; tvam—yourself; na—not; ime—all these;
>  janādhipāḥ—kings; na—never; ca—also; eva—certainly; na—not like that;
>  bhaviṣyāmaḥ—shall exist; sarve—all of us; vayam—we; ataḥ
>  param—hereafter.
> 
> 
> 

TRANSLATION

> 
> Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these
>  kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
> 
> 
> 

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My SatGuru says human life (i.e., in physical form) starts when the sperm fuses with the Ova. However, it is not that simple.The incoming spirit permeates through both the Ova and the sperm even before they fuse. 

Answer is taken from this video:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWXgorb7Ia8>