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shradh

shradh 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 shradh

pluralshradhs

Questions about shradh

What is shradh the alternative form of?
Shradh is the alternative form of shraddha.

Words near shradh in the dictionary

  1. shraddha
  2. Shraddhanjali
  3. shraddhas
  4. Shrader
  5. Shraders
  6. shradh
  7. shradhs
  8. shraf
  9. shraff
  10. shraffs
  11. shrafs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shradh (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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