Shannavatishrattam, Ṣaṇṇavatiśrāttam, Shannavati-shrattam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ṣaṇṇavatiśrāttam (ஷண்ணவதிஶ்ராத்தம்) [ṣaṇṇavati-śrāttam] noun < idem. +. The śrāddhas which the twice-born are enjoined to perform on 96 occasions in a year, viz., 12 amāvācai, 14 maṉvāti, 4 yukāti, 12 caṅkirānti, 13 vaitiruti, 13 viyatipātam, 16 mahāḷayam, 12 aṣṭakai; 12 அமாவாசை [amavasai] 14 மன்வாதி [manvathi] 4 யுகாதி [yugathi] 12 சங்கிராந்தி [sangiranthi] 13 வைதிருதி [vaithiruthi] 13 வியதிபாதம் [viyathipatham] 16 மஹா ளயம் [maha layam] 12 அஷ்டகை ஆகிய [ashdagai agiya] 96 விசேடகாலங்களிற் செய்யுஞ் சிராத்தங்கள். [visedagalangalir seyyugn sirathangal.]

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