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    Śrāddha (Sanskrit: श्राद्ध), is the ritual that one performs to pay homage to one's pitṛs, especially to one's dead parents. Conceptually, it is a way...
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  • in the ancestors. Many people visit Hindu pilgrimage sites to perform, Śrāddha ceremonies, like Pehowa, Kurukshetra, Haridwar, Gokarneshwar, Nashik, Gaya...
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    In Buddhism, faith (saddhā, śraddhā) refers to a serene commitment to the practice of the Buddha's teaching, and to trust in enlightened or highly developed...
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  • Faith in Hinduism (redirect from Śraddhā)
    Śraddhā (Sanskrit: श्रद्धा) is often glossed in English as faith. The term figures importantly in the literature, teachings, and discourse of Hinduism...
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    to: Śrāddha, a Hindu ritual performed for one's ancestors who left their spiritual body(the parents are still a living entity called Pitru) Śraddhā, the...
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  • directed their followers to honor the appointed purohits. Hindus offer Śrāddha every year in memory of their ancestors. On the corresponding day, the...
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    is considered to be one of the most ideal places to perform the Śrāddha. (A Śrāddha is the Hindu ritual that one performs to pay homage to one's ancestors...
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  • daughter of the Manasas. Ancestor veneration Manes Pitru Paksha Preta Śrāddha Cush, Denise; Robinson, Catherine; York, Michael (2012-08-21). Encyclopedia...
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    include Niravapanjali, Tarpana, Śrāddha, Rasam Pagri, Pitru Paksha. Many people visit Hindu pilgrimage sites to perform, Śrāddha ceremonies, like Gaya, Pehowa...
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    Sayers, Matthew R. (June 2015). "The Śrāddha : The Development of Ancestor Worship in Classical Hinduism: The Śrāddha". Religion Compass. 9 (6): 182–197...
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  • unsatisfactory and not-self. Most forms of Buddhism "consider saddhā (Skt śraddhā), 'trustful confidence' or 'faith', as a quality which must be balanced...
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    the family observes a thirteen-day mourning period, generally called śrāddha. A year thence, they observe the ritual of tarpana, in which the family...
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    considered by Hindus to be inauspicious, given the death rite known as Śrāddha or Tarpana performed during the ceremony. In the Philippines, Filipinos...
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    Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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    Tirthankara of Jainism, was born in Vaishali around the sixth century BCE. The Śrāddha ritual performed in the Pitru Paksha period is considered to be most powerful...
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  • Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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    Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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    Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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  • Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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  • Dhṛti Hrī Karuṇā Kshama Kshanti Mettā Muditā Prajñā Satya Shaucha Sevā Śraddhā/Saddhā Upekṣā Vīrya Latin Auctoritas Caritas Decorum Dignitas Fides Gravitas...
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    the ancestors cult are still common in modern Hinduism in the form of Śrāddha.[page needed] According to Olivelle, some scholars state that the renouncer...
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    ritual with the pinda being offered to the dead soul on the 11th and a Śrāddha (Shrāddha) ceremony followed by a funeral feast on the 13th. Cremation...
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    Sanskrit prosody. In 1508-1509 he left Nabadvip to go to Gaya to perform śrāddha, a ritual homage to his dead father. There he met an ascetic named Īśvara...
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  • Rasam Pagri Pind Sammelan or Terahvin* Ancestor worship: Pitr Pitru Paksha Śrāddha Jathera or Dhok Samadhi Other related Bhuta Karma Loka Reincarnation Samskara...
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    (Father), the day being known as Bhishma Ashtami. Hindus observe Ekodishta Śrāddha for him on this day, for many generations, and can only be performed by...
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    anniversary Folk religion Festival Matsuri Sacrifice to Heaven Filial mourning Śrāddha Jecheon event Omiki Jangnye Merit-making Parentalia, similar rites in ancient...
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