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Ādya-śrādha

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 273 words | Copyright

Ādya-śrādha. A Hindu anticipatory funeral rite, performed during their lifetime by those who have no son to perform the appropriate rites for them after death, or by those who for some other reason believe that the rites will not be performed after death.

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