शुद्धि [ śuddhi ] [ śúddhi ] f. cleansing , purification , purity (lit. and fig.) , holiness , freedom from defilement , purificatory rite (esp. a partic. Śrāddha performed at the cost of a person who needs purification) Lit. TBr.

  setting free or securing (from any danger) , rendering secure Lit. Kām. Lit. VarBṛS.

  justification , exculpation , innocence (established by ordeal or trial) , acquittal Lit. Yājñ.

  quittance , clearing off or paying off , discharge (of a debt ) Lit. MW.

  retaliation Lit. ib. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās.

  verification , correction , making true , correctness , accuracy , genuineness , truth Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Mālatīm.

  clearness , certainty , accurate knowledge regarding (gen. or comp. ; [ śuddhiṃ-√ kṛ ] , " to ascertain for certain " ; [ ś-√ labh ] , " to receive certain intelligence " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Vet.

  (in arithm.) leaving no remainder ( [ śuddhim-√ i ] , " to leave no remainder " ) , Lit. Bījag.

  subtraction of a quantity or a quantity to be subtracted , Lit. Līl.

  N. of Durgā Lit. Cat.

  of one of the Śaktis of Vishṇu Lit. MW.

  of Dākshāyaṇī as worshipped at Kapāla-mocana Lit. ib.