shraddha

• shraadh, shraadha, sraddha, sradha

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɹɑːdə/

shraddha (countable and uncountable, plural shraddhas)

1. (Hinduism) A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent.
   • 1989, Shudha Mazumdar, Memoirs of an Indian Woman, page 94:

     After returning, I went to Benares with my parents, for my father was to perform a shraddha ceremony there.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 110:

     But the thought that he would finally be able to complete his mother's shraadha would make the son emotional.