shraddha

See also: Shraddha

English

Alternative forms

• shraadh, shraadha, sraddha, sradha

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्राद्ध (śrāddha).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɑːdə/

Noun

shraddha (countable and uncountable, plural shraddhas)

1. (Hinduism) A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
   • 1989, Shudha Mazumdar, Memoirs of an Indian Woman, page 94:

     After returning, I went to Benares with my parents, for my father was to perform a shraddha ceremony there.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 110:

     But the thought that he would finally be able to complete his mother's shraadha would make the son emotional.

Translations

Hindu ceremony in commemoration of deceased relatives

• Bengali: শ্রাদ্ধ (bn) (sraddho)
• Burmese: သဒ္ဒါ (my) (sadda)
• Gujarati: શ્રાદ્ધ (śrāddh)
• Hindi: श्राद्ध (hi) m (śrāddh)
• Marathi: श्राद्ध (śrāddha)
• Nepali: श्राद्ध (śrāddha)
• Odia: ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ (or) (śrāddha)
• Pali: saddha
• Russian: шра́ддха f (šráddxa)
• Sanskrit: श्राद्ध (sa) n (śrāddha)
• Tamil: சிரார்த்தம் (ta) (cirārttam)