English Explanatory Dictionary

pinda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of pinder (“peanut”).
noun
  1. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
noun
  1. A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals.

Word forms

pinda pindas

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).

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