also: しょなぬか
memorial service on the seventh day after death
A Buddhist memorial service held on the seventh day after a person's death, counting the day of death as the first day. Part of a series of posthumous rites.
The shonanoka memorial service is held on the seventh day counting from the day of death.
Hold a memorial service on the seventh day after death.
Standard kanji spelling for the Buddhist memorial service.
Alternate reading しょなぬか is less common but recognized.
From 初 (sho, 'first') + 七日 (nanoka, 'seventh day'), referring to the first seventh-day memorial service in Buddhist tradition.