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    Śrāddha (Sanskrit: श्राद्ध), is a ritual that some Hindus perform to pay homage to their pitṛs (dead ancestors). They believe that the ritual would provide...
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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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  • Shraddha (redirect from Sraddha)
    free dictionary. Shraddha may refer to: Śrāddha, a Hindu ritual performed for one's deceased ancestors Śraddhā, the Sanskrit term used to refer to faith...
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  • Faith in Hinduism (redirect from Śraddhā)
    Śraddhā (Sanskrit: श्रद्धा , Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈɕɾɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː]) is a Sanskrit term often glossed in English as faith. The term figures importantly...
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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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    unsatisfactory and not-self. Most forms of Buddhism "consider saddhā (Sanskrit: śraddhā), 'trustful confidence' or 'faith', as a quality which must be balanced...
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  • daughter of the Manasas. Ancestor veneration Manes Pitri 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Brahmins before consuming their meal. It is also performed at the time of Śrāddha, a ritual of homage to one's ancestors. The prescribed manner of recitation...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • deals with judicial procedure as espoused in śāstras ● Śrāddha-prakāśa - deals with rites of śrāddha ● Samaya-prakāśa - deals with rites related to observance...
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