Vriddhishraddha, Vṛddhiśrāddha, Vriddhi-shraddha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vṛddhiśrāddha can be transliterated into English as Vrddhisraddha or Vriddhishraddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध).—Done prior to maṅgala occasions such as festivals, sacrifices, marriages, etc.; here prayers offered first to mātṛs, then to pitṛs, maternal grandfather, and Viśvedevas; in it yava is used for tila and prefaced by Nāndi śabda;1 a house-holder is eligible to perform it after the sapiṇḍi karaṇa of the deceased.2
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.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual TheoryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध) refers to the “worship of the ancestors” and represents one of the elements of Newar rituals.—Books such as the Daśakarmavidhi detail on the most common rules to be followed by the Newar priests, the priest’s clients, or the clan’s oldest men or women who are mostly ritually responsible for the ritual, and the individual(s) for whom the life-cycle ritual is performed.—The Vṛddhiśrāddha rite is mentioned under the heading “Preliminary rites”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध).—an offering made to the Manes on prosperous occasions, such as the birth of a son (nāndīśrāddha).
Derivable forms: vṛddhiśrāddham (वृद्धिश्राद्धम्).
Vṛddhiśrāddha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛddhi and śrāddha (श्राद्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध).—n.
(-ddhaṃ) A Shrad'dha or sacrifice to progenitors on any prosperous occasion, as the birth of a son, &c. E. vṛddhi, and śrāddha ceremony so termed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध).—n. a sacrifice to progenitors on any prosperous occasion, as a birth of a son, etc.
Vṛddhiśrāddha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vṛddhi and śrāddha (श्राद्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध).—[neuter] a kind of funeral meal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] W. p. 348.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध):—[=vṛddhi-śrāddha] [from vṛddhi > vṛdh] n. a Śrāddha or offering to progenitors on any prosperous occasion (as on the birth of a son etc.), [Religious Thought and Life in India 305]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛddhiśrāddha (वृद्धिश्राद्ध):—[vṛddhi-śrāddha] (ddhaṃ) 1. n. A shrāddha on any pleasing occurrence.
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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: Vriddhi, Shraddha.
Starts with: Vriddhishraddhadipika, Vriddhishraddhaprayoga, Vriddhishraddhavidhi.
Full-text: Vriddhishraddhadipika, Vriddhishraddhavidhi, Vriddhishraddhaprayoga, Vriddhikarman, Udvaha, Abhyudaya, Sampanna, Vriddhi, Annaprashana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 12 - Yātrā (Pilgrimage): How It Is to Be Done < [Section 2 - Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 205 - Brāhmaṇas Unfit for Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 58 - The Procedure of Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 9 - General Rules of Śrāddha Performance < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
Chapter 10 - The Greatness of Pitṛs < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXIX - Ruci hymnises the Pitris who in their turn grant him a boon < [Agastya Samhita]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4 - Contents of the Matsyapurāṇa (summary) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
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