షోడశము

Telugu

Noun

షోడశము • (ṣōḍaśamu) ? (plural షోడశములు)

sixteen, sixteenth
A funeral rite celebrated on the twelfth day after a death, in which sixteen Brahmins are fed.

Synonyms

పదహారు (padahāru)

Derived terms

షోడశకళలు (ṣōḍaśakaḷalu)
షోడశకళాస్థానములు (ṣōḍaśakaḷāsthānamulu)
షోడశోపచారములు (ṣōḍaśōpacāramulu)

References

"షోడశము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1274

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