संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : श्राद्ध

पारलौकिकम्

श्राद्ध

shraddha

शब्द-भेद : नपुं.

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

श्राद्ध — anniversary (Adjective)

Monier–Williams

श्राद्ध — {śrāddha} mf({ī})n. (fr. {śrad-dhā}) faithful, true, loyal, believing (cf. 5-2, 101)##relating to a Śrāddha ceremony##n. a ceremony in honour and for the benefit of dead relatives observed with great strictness at various fixed periods and on occasions of rejoicing as well as mourning by the surviving relatives (these ceremonies are performed by the daily offering of water and on stated occasions by the offering of Piṇḍas or balls of rice and meal [see {piṇḍa}] to three paternal and three maternal forefathers, i.e. to father, grandfather, and great grandfather##it should be borne in mind that a Śrāddha is not a funeral ceremouy [{antyêṣṭi}] but a supplement to such a ceremony##it is an act of reverential homage to a deceased person performed by relatives, and is moreover supposed to supply the dead with strengthening nutriment after the performance of the previous funeral ceremonies has endowed them with ethereal bodies##indeed until those {antyêṣṭi}, or 'funeral rites' have been performed, and until the succeeding first Śrāddha has been celebrated the deceased relative is a {prêta} or restless, wandering ghost, and has no real body [only a {liṅga-śarīra}, q.v.]##it is not until the first Śrāddha has taken place that he attains a position among the Pitṛis or Divine Fathers in their blissful abode called Pitṛi-loka, and the ŚrṭŚrāddha is most desirable and efficacious when performed by a son##for a full description of the Śrāddha ceremonies, 276, 304 &c.) &c##gifts or offerings at a Śrāddha

इन्हें भी देखें : अश्राद्ध; अश्राद्धभोजिन्; अश्राद्धिन्; अश्राद्धेय; आमश्राद्ध; इष्टिश्राद्ध; दर्शश्राद्ध; दशपिण्डश्राद्ध; पञ्चाशताधिकैकशत; विश्वदेवः; पुरुरवाः; इच्छाभोजनम्;