Amashraddha, Āmaśrāddha, Ama-shraddha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Āmaśrāddha can be transliterated into English as Amasraddha or Amashraddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexĀmaśrāddha (आमश्राद्ध).—See āmānna.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 18. 27; Vāyu-purāṇa 18. 20.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀmaśrāddha (आमश्राद्ध).—a Śrāddha performed with uncooked food; आपद्यनग्नौ तीर्थे च चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तथा । आमश्राद्धं द्विजैः कार्यं शूद्रेण च सदैव हि (āpadyanagnau tīrthe ca candrasūryagrahe tathā | āmaśrāddhaṃ dvijaiḥ kāryaṃ śūdreṇa ca sadaiva hi) || Prāchetasa.
Derivable forms: āmaśrāddham (आमश्राद्धम्).
Āmaśrāddha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āma and śrāddha (श्राद्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Āmaśrāddha (आमश्राद्ध):—[=āma-śrāddha] [from āma] n. a particular Śrāddha offering (of raw flesh).
2) [v.s. ...] a Śrāddha at which raw food is presented, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀmaśrāddha (ಆಮಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ):—[noun] an annual ritualistic ceremony performed for the dead in which only uncooked items, as raw vegetables, soaked pulse, are used.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shraddha, Ama.
Ends with: Samashraddha.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 76 - The Greatness of Pāreśvara Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 206 - Procedure for Performing Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 10 - The Greatness of Pitṛs < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
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