[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) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 2.4.8 # Nirnayasindhu 2.4.8 Nirṇayasindhu 2.4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.8) caturdaśyāścaturthaṃ yāmaṃ darśaḥ pūrayet | caturdaśī yāmatrayaṃ syādityarthaḥ || kṣīyamāṇā paradine'parāhnavyāpinī netyarthaḥ || vyatirekamāha- "vardhamānāmamāvāsyāṃ lakṣayedapare'hani | yāmāṃstrīnadhikānvāpi pitṛyajñastato bhavet ||" tataḥ śrāddhaṃ ca || dinadvaye'parāhnavyāptyādau tithivṛddhau ca hārītaḥ- "trimuhūrtā ca kartavyā pūrvā kharvā ca bahvṛcaiḥ| kuhūradhvaryubhiḥ kāryā yatheṣṭaṃ sāmagītibhiḥ ||" trimuhūrtābhāve tu pūrvā netyarthaḥ piṇḍapitṛyajñaḥ piṇḍapitṛyajñastu kātyāyanairyāgadinātpūrvedyuḥ kāryaḥ 'pūrvo vā'ṅgatvāt piṇḍapitṛyajñaḥ 'iti tatsūtrāt || vyākhyātaṃ caitat karkācāryaiḥ pūrvaevadarśāt piṇḍapitṛyajño, na paścāt | kutaḥ aṅgatvāt | tathā ca śrutiḥ- "tasmātpūrvedyuḥ pitṛbhyaḥ kriyata uttaramaharervānyajante" iti | 'pūrvedyuḥ pitṛbhyo yajñaṃ niṣṛṇīya mātardevebhyaḥ pratanute' iti ca tena tanmate aṅgamevāsau taduktam- "aṅgaṃ vāsamabhivyāhārāt" iti | tena kakarmate caturdaśīyuktadarśe piṇḍapitṛyajña iti || śrīanantabhāṣye tu-'paredyuḥ' ityuktam || atra dvedhāpyācāro dṛśyate || āpastambānāṃ tu paradine muhūrtarmāpa darśasattve tatraiva pitṛyajñaḥ | tadāha āpastambaḥ- "amāvāsyāyāṃ yadahaścandramasaṃ na paśyati tadahaḥ piṇḍapitṛyajñaṃ kurute" iti asya rudradattīyā vyākhyā piṇḍairyuktaḥ pitṛyajñaḥ piṇḍapitṛyajñaḥ sa ca karmāntaraṃ na tu - [Previous: 2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.7) - [Next: 2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.9) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śrāddhadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.5.226-2) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.8) · Pramāṇa