షోడశము
Telugu edit
Noun edit
షోడశము • (ṣōḍaśamu) ? (plural షోడశములు)
- sixteen, sixteenth
- A funeral rite celebrated on the twelfth day after a death, in which sixteen Brahmins are fed.
Synonyms edit
- పదహారు (padahāru)
Derived terms edit
- షోడశకళలు (ṣōḍaśakaḷalu)
- షోడశకళాస్థానములు (ṣōḍaśakaḷāsthānamulu)
- షోడశోపచారములు (ṣōḍaśōpacāramulu)
References edit
- "షోడశము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1274