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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.211

Manubhāṣya 3.211

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.211)

piturnāmasaṅkīrtanena tadīyāvāhanapiṇḍadānabrāhmaṇabhojanāni lakṣyante| kīrtayetprapitāmaham| jīvate pitāmahāya na dadyāt| kiṃ tarhi tataḥ pūrvābhyāṃ, ‘pituḥpitṛbhyo nivṛṇīyāditi' smaranti |

> He whose father is dead, but grandfather is living, should mention the great-grandfather after having pronounced the name of the father.—(221)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> The pronouncing of the Father’s name stands here for his invitation, offering of the ball and the feeding of Brāhmaṇas.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Should mention the great-grandfather;’—i.e., he should not make any offering to the living grandfather; it should be made to his previous ancestors; as it has been declared that ‘one should make offerings to his father’s ancestors.’—(221)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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## Translations (1)

- [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.221.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.211) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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