The Sanskrit term Śrāddhakāla can be transliterated into English as Sraddhakala or Shraddhakala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Śrāddhakāla (श्राद्धकाल).—[masculine] the time for a funeral meal.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śrāddhakalā (श्राद्धकला) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Smṛticandra of Bhavadeva. Io. 940. L. 518. Proceed. Asb. 1871, 283.

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

1) Śrāddhakalā (श्राद्धकला):—[=śrāddha-kalā] [from śrāddha] f. Name of [work]

2) Śrāddhakāla (श्राद्धकाल):—[=śrāddha-kāla] [from śrāddha] m. the time for offering a Śr° ([according to] to some the eighth hour of the day), [Kaṭha-upaniṣad]

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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: Shraddha, Kala.

Starts with: Shraddhakalanirupana.

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