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sapiṇḍa

sa—piṇḍa &c. See s.v.


sa-piṇḍa m. ‘having the same Piṇḍa’, a kinsman connected by the offering of the Piṇḍa (q.v.) to certain deceased ancestors at the Śrāddha (q.v.; the kinship is through six generations in an ascending and descending line, or through a man's father, father's father, father's grandfather; mother, mother's father, mother's grandfather; son, son's son, son's grandson; daughter, daughter's son &c.; and also includes father's mother, father's grandmother &c., also father's brothers and sisters, mother's brothers and sisters, and several others), [GṛŚrS.]; [Gaut.]; [Mn. v, 60]; [MBh.] &c. ([RTL. 285]; 286 [IW. 248]; [266]).