Sanskrit term, lit. an act performed with faith (śraddhā); in Hinduism, refers to rites for the dead.
1They remain so for one year, till the Sapindikarana Sraddha is performed.
2One should never perform a Sraddha under the constellation of one's nativity.
3With concentrated attention he then conceived the idea of a Sraddha.
4In former times, the Rishi Jamadagni proposed to perform a Sraddha.
5Those men who perform the Sraddha on the sixth day acquire great splendour.
6The Sraddha, however, is not regarded as stained in any way.
7A mortal, by performing the Sraddha under Punarvasu, makes such again by agriculture.
8Even this is the high ritual in respect of the Sraddha, O monarch!
9Even this is the ordinance in respect of the Sraddha.
10Even this is the ordinance that has been declared in respect of the Sraddha.
11Nor should one eat at the Sraddha of an enemy.
12They, O king, who perform the Sraddha on the fifth day, get many sons.
13A Sraddha with Tila or sesame should never be done without desire for fruit.
14The man that is desirous of growth and advancement should perform the Sraddha under Pushya.
15Without doubt, the offerings one makes unto the Pitris at such a Sraddha become inexhaustible.
16Arrived there, I commenced the Sraddha of my father.