The book \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Vaarshik Shraadh Paddhati\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (वार्षिक श्राद्ध पद्धति) is a ritualistic manual published by Shastri Prakashan, Prayagraj, and authored by Shridhar Shastri.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThis book provides the complete methodology for performing the Annual Shrāddh (commemoration ritual), which is conducted every year on the death anniversary of a departed family member.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKey Details and Contents\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nTitle (Hindi): वार्षिक श्राद्ध पद्धति\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nAuthor: Shridhar Shastri (श्रीधर शास्त्री)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nPublisher: Shastri Prakashan, Prayagraj (शास्त्री प्रकाशन, प्रयागराज)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nLanguage: The book contains the text in both Sanskrit and Hindi.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nPage Count: It is typically a compact book of around 52 pages.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nFocus: The book focuses solely on the procedure for the Vaarshik Shrāddh (annual death anniversary ritual).\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKey Procedures Included:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe manual provides a detailed, step-by-step guide for the correct performance of the Shrāddh ceremony, which is a crucial part of the Karmakanda (ritualistic section of Hindu Dharma). It is reported to cover:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nGhatdān Vidhi: The method for offering a ghaṭa (a pot, often containing various items as a charitable gift).\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nPreparatory Work: The actions and rituals to be performed before formally beginning the annual Shrāddh.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nShrāddh Prārambha Vidhi: The formal method for commencing the ceremony.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nMantras: The specific Sanskrit mantras and saṅkalpa (vow) formulas required for each step.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nPiṇḍadān: The process of offering piṇḍas (rice balls) to the ancestors.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nConclusion: The final steps to successfully complete and conclude the annual Shrāddh with all scriptural formalities.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe author\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s goal is to present these complex rituals in a clear and simple language (Hindi and Sanskrit) so that priests (Purohits) and devotees can perform the Vaarshik Shrāddh correctly.
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