pindan.

1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā 139 The Hindoos are enjoined by the Vēds to offer a cake, which is called Pĕĕndă, to the ghosts of their ancestors, as far back as the third generation.

1794 W. Jones tr. Inst. Hindu Law iii. 67 Sages have distinguished the monthly sráddha by the title of anwáhárya, or after eaten, that is, eaten after the pinda, or ball of rice.

1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos II. 550 The son of the deceased performs pindee, viz. he makes two balls of boiled rice, and, repeating a mǔntrǔ, offers them to, or in the name of his father and mother, and lays them on the spot where they were burnt.

1877 M. Williams Hinduism v. 68 The offering of the Piṇḍa, or ball or rice, &c., to deceased fathers at a S′rāddha is of great importance in regard to the Hindū law of inheritance.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 9/2 The ‘pindas’ offered to their deceased ancestors were placed on plantain or ‘jack fruit’ leaves.

1968 B. Walker Hindu World II. 149 On the first day after death a round ball of rice or flour moistened with milk and water and known as the piṇḍa is offered to the preta.

2001 Hindu (Nexis) 26 July During death ceremonies..the practice of offering food or pinda to crows is still in vogue since crows are believed to represent our ancestors.