Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa
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Sapiṇḍana · Sapindikarana · Sapiṇḍatva · Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite · Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha · rite of joining the piṇḍas
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Vīramitrodaya
The ceremony of ritual union of the deceased with the ancestors (Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa), mentioned as a procedure to be omitted in certain affection-motivated performances.
/ > If they do so out of affection, it should be without the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.
And how is the rule of Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa on the twelfth day, stated by Viṣṇu:
> When the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has been performed, it is again called *pārvaṇa*.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
A Hindu funerary ritual required to give rest to the spirit of the dead.
Till the Sapindikarana has been performed, the dead man remains a disembodied spirit, and suffers both hunger and thirst.