Pindanvaharyaka, Pinda-anvaharyaka, Piṇḍānvāhāryaka: 6 definitions
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Dharmashastra (religious law)
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक).—This is the monthly śrāddha for ancestors offered on the day of the new moon.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक).—a meal in honour of the manes.
Derivable forms: piṇḍānvāhāryakam (पिण्डान्वाहार्यकम्).
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piṇḍa and anvāhāryaka (अन्वाहार्यक).
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक).—[adjective] offered after the funeral cakes (śāddha).
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक):—[from piṇḍa > piṇḍ] n. a [particular] Śrāddha ceremony in which meat is eaten after offering the balls of rice etc., [Manu-smṛti iv, 122; 123.]
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक):—(von piṇḍa + anvāhārya) adj. in Verbindung mit śrāddha das nach dem Manenopfer den Manen zur Ehre gefeierte Mahl [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 122.]
Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक):—Adj. in Verbindung mit śrāddha das nach dem Manenopfer den Manen zu Ehren gefeierte Mahl.
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: Anvaharyaka, Pinda.
Full-text: Masanumasika, Pindanvaharya, Anvaharya.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.122 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
References to section [D] < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 9 - General Rules of Śrāddha Performance < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]