Pindanvaharyaka, Pinda-anvaharyaka, Piṇḍānvāhāryaka: 6 definitions

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Pindanvaharyaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

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Source: University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons: The Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi of Kṛṣṇa Śeṣa

Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक).—This is the monthly śrāddha for ancestors offered on the day of the new moon.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piṇḍānvāhāryaka (पिण्डान्वाहार्यक).—[adjective] offered after the funeral cakes (śāddha).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pindanvaharyaka in German

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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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