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Translation of Pracetassmriti (Pracetassmṛti)

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Extent: 22 passages, 580 words
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1.1

Mechanics, artisans, physicians, and likewise female and male slaves, / kings and royal servants are declared to be purified immediately.

1.2

A woman, a Śūdra, and indeed a Śvapāca, or [any person] during the birth-rite, / should perform an uncooked-grain ancestral offering (āmaśrāddha) in accordance with the rule of the Pārvaṇa rite.

1.3

Mustard oil, fragrant oil, oil scented with flowers, / and oil mixed with other substances is never defiled.

1.4

If the eleventh lunar day (Ekādaśī) is extended, especially in the bright or dark fortnight, / the ascetic should observe the subsequent one, while the householder should fast on the preceding one.

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No formal invitation, no oblation into fire, no invocation and dismissal, / no offering of rice-balls, and no [mention of] gods should the best of twice-born make in the daily [ancestral rite].

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Made of cow-dung, of earthenware, broken, or made of Palāśa or Pippala wood, / bound with iron, or always made of Arka—the wise man should avoid such a seat.

When a one-year-old calf is killed unintentionally, a quarter-kṛcchra penance is prescribed for a man; / but for a two-year-old it should be two quarters; / for a three-year-old it should be three quarters; beyond that, a Prājāpatya penance.

1.8

Betel, anointing the body, and eating from a bell-metal vessel— / an ascetic, a religious student, and a widow should shun [these].

1.9

An ancestral rite for a single deceased (ekoddiṣṭa) is prescribed after the sapinḍīkaraṇa rite / for all those without sons, and likewise for those without wives.

1.10

Bathing of the deceased by sons and others, and likewise worshipping with garments and the like: / one must never burn a naked body, nor abandon anything that ought to be given.

1.11

When the officiating priest or the sacrificer dies, purification occurs through three nights.

1.12

Worship of the gods with flowers begins from the feet and ends at the head.

1.13

Those outside Mīmāṃsā, who follow external treatises, and whoever else are devoid of the Veda: / what they say, one should not do, for duty is ordained by the Veda.

1.14

Whatever sprinkling a twice-born performs with [the Vaiśvānara mantra], / the knowers of the Veda declare all of it to be equal to the waters of the Gaṅgā.

1.15

For garments that have been defiled, steaming, removal of the smell and the smear, or cutting away that portion only [is the purification]; / for new garments, sprinkling with water; for unwashed new garments (ahata), consecration by sprinkling.

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One who eats at a śrāddha, having risen in the morning, should brush his teeth; / the wise performer of the śrāddha should not brush his teeth.

1.17

The rites from the eleventh day onwards should be performed in order by the eldest [son] according to rule; / they should not perform the śrāddha individually, but the annual rite separately.

1.18

Black lentils and sesame seeds are foremost, along with barley and winter rice; / great barley, summer barley, and likewise madhūlikā wheat.

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Having offered the sip of water (āpośāna), he should then recite the Sāvitrī three times, [and the verse] 'madhu vātāḥ…'

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For those who have perished through climbing trees, weapons and the like, lightning, water, poison, and so forth, / or by clawed and fanged beasts, the fourteenth lunar day is commended.

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Day after day one should offer full handfuls of water for the sake of the departed; / this increase should be made as long as the [offering of the] rice-ball is concluded.

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When [a wife] dies along with her husband, on the same day or the following day, / impurity (āśauca) for both of them begins from death, and not from cremation.