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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.91.39

Mahābhārata 13.91.39

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Sanskrit

13.91.39

palāṇḍuḥ saubhañjanakastathā gṛñjanakādayaḥ |
kūṣmāṇḍajātyalābuṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ lavaṇameva ca || 39 ||

The species of paddy which should not be offered at Sraddhas are those called Kodrava, and Pulka. Assafoetida also, among articles used in cooking, should not be offered, as also onions and garlic, the produce of the Moringa pterygosperma, Bauhinia Variegata, the meat of animals slain with envenomed shafts all varieties of Sucuribita Pepo, Sucuribita lagenaria, and black salt. The other articles that should not be offered at Sraddhas are the flesh of the domesticated hog, the meat of all animals not slaughtered at sacrifices, Nigella sativa, salt of the variety called Vid, the potherb that is called Sitapaki, all sprouts (like those of the bamboo), and also the Trapa bispinosa.

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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