sraddhamu meaning in english

[Skt. from sraddha.] n. Funeral ceremonies or obsequies, observed at various fixed periods, consisting of offerings with water and fire, to the gods and manes, and gifts and food to the relations present, and assistant Brahmins. pitrkarmamu, pitrarthamuga desakalavidhikrta brahmana bhojanamu. ekoddista sraddhamu a funeral ceremony observed eleven days after a persons’s death. nityasraddhamu daily…