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