piṇḍa (‘ rice balls’, ‘ flour dumplings’, lit. ‘ round lump’)
An essential component of both the antyeṣṭi funerary rites, and ancestor worship (śrāddha). Piṇḍa are prepared and offered to make an after-death body for the immediately deceased, and to sustain the ancestors or forefathers (... ...
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