Ekoddishta, Ekoddiṣṭa, Eka-uddishta: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ekoddiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Ekoddista or Ekoddishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट).—To be performed every year; for this only three piṇḍas are prescribed; details of ritual.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 18. 1 & 25; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 13. 23, 40.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryēkōddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट).—n (S) pop. ēkōttiṣṭha n A Shraddha or offering to the manes performed on the eleventh day after the decease.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट).—a Śrāddha or funeral rite performed for one definite individual deceased, not including other ancestors; see एकानुदिष्ट (ekānudiṣṭa).
Derivable forms: ekoddiṣṭam (एकोद्दिष्टम्).
Ekoddiṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and uddiṣṭa (उद्दिष्ट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट).—n.
(-ṣṭaṃ) The Sraddha or funeral rite offered to one person only. E. eka and uddiṣṭa addressed to.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट).—[neuter] = ekānudiṣṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट):—[from eka] n. ([scilicet] śrāddha) a funeral ceremony having reference to one individual recently dead (not including ancestors generally), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra iv, 7, 1; Manu-smṛti iv, 110; Viṣṇu-purāṇa etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryEkoddiṣṭa (एकोद्दिष्ट):—[eko+ddiṣṭa] (ṣṭaṃ) a. (Cake) offered to one ancestor only.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Uddishta, Eka.
Starts with: Ekoddishtasarini, Ekoddishtashraddha, Ekoddishtashraddhapaddhati, Ekoddishtashraddhaprayoga.
Full-text: Ekoddishtashraddhapaddhati, Cakrapani, Ekanudishta, Pavitraka, Shraddha, Dish, Karana.
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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
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Verse 4.110 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Verse 4.111 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
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