[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 3.247 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.247 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.247 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.247) āsapiṇḍakriyākarma dvijāteḥ saṃsthitasya tu adaivaṃ bhojayec chrāddhaṃ piṇḍam ekaṃ ca nirvapet // > But before the performance of the Sapindikarana, one must feed at the funeral sacrifice in honour of a (recently-) deceased Aryan (one Brahmana) without (making an offering) to the gods, and give one cake only. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.246) - [Next: 3.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.248) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.247) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.247) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.235) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.247) · Pramāṇa