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countable and uncountable, plural shraddhas
(Hinduism) A Hindu ceremony performed in commemoration of one's deceased relatives, especially a parent. quotations examples
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
But the thought that he would finally be able to complete his mother's shraadha would make the son emotional.
2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 110