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Hinduism - What Is Ekoddishta?


Literal meaning in Sanskrit - "It's just for one individual." 

This term represents a sort of shraddha, or memorial ceremony for the deceased, held for the benefit of a single individual. 

During the first year following a person's death, an ekoddishta shraddha may be conducted as a series of sixteen offerings. 

These sixteen gifts are usually combined into a single rite performed on the eleventh day after death, the day after the ten-day period of ceremonial impurity (maranashaucha) has ended. 



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