मार्कण्डेय-पुराणम्       mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam - chapter-30, verse-12

Words meanings summery:

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• अथ (atha) - marks the beginning of a new topic or stage in the instructions. (now, then, thereupon, moreover)

• संवत्सरे (saṁvatsare) - at the completion of a year (after the death) (in the year)

• पूर्णे (pūrṇe) - when the year has been completed (full, complete, completed)

• यदा (yadā) - marks a temporal clause (when, whenever)

• वा (vā) - or (introduces an alternative timing) (or, either...or)

• क्रियते (kriyate) - the ritual is performed (is done, is performed, is made)

• नरैः (naraiḥ) - by the performers of the ritual (i.e., the male descendants/relatives) (by men, by people)

• सपिण्डीकरणम् (sapiṇḍīkaraṇam) - The specific ritual named Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (sapiṇḍīkaraṇa), performed to elevate the recently deceased to the status of an ancestor (pitṛ). (the ritual of uniting the deceased with ancestors, amalgamation of ancestral offerings)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - the ritual or action prescribed (to be done, duty, action, work)

• तस्य (tasya) - of the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (sapiṇḍīkaraṇa) ritual (of that, its)

• अपि (api) - also, in addition to previous rules (also, even, too)

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - the specific rules or method for the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (sapiṇḍīkaraṇa) ritual (rule, ordinance, procedure, method)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - the procedure is being described now. (is said, is declared, is spoken)

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