\\\"Madhya Shodashi Shrāddha Vidhi: Preta-Manjarī\\\" (मध्य षोडशी श्राद्ध विधि: प्रेत-मंजरी).\\r\\n\\r\\nIt is a manual on ancestral rites published by Shastri Prakashan.\\r\\n\\r\\nKey Details and Contents\\r\\nTitle (Hindi): मध्य षोडशी श्राद्ध विधि: प्रेत-मंजरी\\r\\n\\r\\nTitle Translation: Middle Sixteen Śrāddha Procedure: Preta-Manjarī\\r\\n\\r\\nAuthor: Shridhar Shastri (श्रीधर शास्त्री)\\r\\n\\r\\nPublisher: Shastri Prakashan\\r\\n\\r\\nLanguage: Sanskrit and Hindi\\r\\n\\r\\nPage Count: Approximately 46-47 pages.\\r\\n\\r\\nSubject: This book provides the systematic procedure for the Madhya Shoḍaśī Śrāddha, a significant set of ancestral rituals performed primarily after the death of a person. The term \\\"Shoḍaśī\\\" refers to a series of sixteen rituals. The \\\"Madhya Shoḍaśī\\\" are the rites performed after the Ādya Śrāddha (first day\\\'s ritual) and before the Sapiṇḍana Śrāddha (the ritual that formally unites the deceased with the ancestors).\\r\\n\\r\\nKey Content Covered:\\r\\nThe manual simplifies the traditional and often complex procedure of the Madhya Shoḍaśī Śrāddha, making it easier for priests to perform accurately. The text details:\\r\\n\\r\\nRitual Initiation: The method for starting the Madhya Shoḍaśī Śrāddha.\\r\\n\\r\\nPindadān (Offerings): The precise process for making the piṇḍas (rice balls) and offering the sixteen oblations facing the south direction (the direction of the ancestors/death).\\r\\n\\r\\nSankalp: The formal vow or intent that must be taken to begin the ritual.\\r\\n\\r\\nMadhya Shoḍaśī Chakra: Information related to the specific timing or sequence of these rites.\\r\\n\\r\\nAuthentic Methodology: The book aims to provide an accurate and traditional, yet simplified, process based on classical texts like the Preta-Manjarī (often attributed to late Pandit Vāyunandan Mishra or similar sources).\\r\\n\\r\\nThis ritual is crucial in Hindu tradition as it is believed to help the soul of the deceased transition from the state of a Preta (a wandering, disembodied spirit) to a Pitṛ (a revered ancestor).
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