ṣrādḍa | ष्राद्ड | SrAdDa
ṣrādḍa | ष्राद्ड | mf(I)n. (fr. ṣrad-ḍā | ष्रद्-डा |) faithful, true, loyal, believing, HPariś.; SaddhP. (cf. Pāṇ. v, 2, 101)
relating to a Śrāddha ceremony, Cat.
ṣrādḍa | ष्राद्ड | 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 piṛqa | पिऋक़ |] 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 ceremony [antyeświ | अन्त्येश्wइ |] 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 antyeświ | अन्त्येश्wइ |, or ‘funeral rites’ have been performed, and until the succeeding first Śrāddha has been celebrated the deceased relative is a preta | प्रेत | or restless, wandering ghost, and has no real body [only a liṇga-ṣarīra | लिण्ग-षरीर |, q.v.]; it is not until the first Śrāddha has taken place that he attains a position among the Pitṛs or Divine Fathers in their blissful abode called Pitṛ-loka, and the Śr˚ is most desirable and efficacious when performed by a son; for a full description of the Śrāddha ceremonies See RTL. 276, 304 &c.), GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
gifts or offerings at a Śrāddha, MW.
relating to a Śrāddha ceremony, Cat.
ṣrādḍa | ष्राद्ड | 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 piṛqa | पिऋक़ |] 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 ceremony [antyeświ | अन्त्येश्wइ |] 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 antyeświ | अन्त्येश्wइ |, or ‘funeral rites’ have been performed, and until the succeeding first Śrāddha has been celebrated the deceased relative is a preta | प्रेत | or restless, wandering ghost, and has no real body [only a liṇga-ṣarīra | लिण्ग-षरीर |, q.v.]; it is not until the first Śrāddha has taken place that he attains a position among the Pitṛs or Divine Fathers in their blissful abode called Pitṛ-loka, and the Śr˚ is most desirable and efficacious when performed by a son; for a full description of the Śrāddha ceremonies See RTL. 276, 304 &c.), GṛŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
gifts or offerings at a Śrāddha, MW.