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shraadh

shraadh is the alternative form of shraddha.

Meaning of shraddha

Noun

shraddha (countable and uncountable, plural shraddhas)

  1. (Hinduism) A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
    • After returning, I went to Benares with my parents, for my father was to perform a shraddha ceremony there.1989, Shudha Mazumdar, Memoirs of an Indian Woman, page 94

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Forms of shraadh

pluralshraadhs

Questions about shraadh

What is shraadh the alternative form of?
Shraadh is the alternative form of shraddha.

Words near shraadh in the dictionary

  1. Shpyli
  2. SHQ
  3. SHQs
  4. shr
  5. SHRA
  6. shraadh
  7. shraadha
  8. shraadhas
  9. shraadhs
  10. Shraavana
  11. shrab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shraadh (page history and authors); shraddha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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