Literal meaning in Sanskrit - "It's just for one individual."
This term represents a sort of shraddha, or memorial ceremony for the deceased, held for the benefit of a single individual.
During the first year following a person's death, an ekoddishta shraddha may be conducted as a series of sixteen offerings.
These sixteen gifts are usually combined into a single rite performed on the eleventh day after death, the day after the ten-day period of ceremonial impurity (maranashaucha) has ended.
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