# pinda

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pinda