shraadh

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shraadh (countable and uncountable, plural shraadhs)

  1. Alternative form of shraddha.
    • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 45:
      Shraadh, the Hindu funeral rite to bid farewell to the dead, gets its name from sraddha, the utmost sincerity with which one is to perform the ceremony.