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Vaishnava Dharmashastra 74.1

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 74.1

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74.1

aṣṭakāsu daivapūrvaṃ śākamāṃsāpūpaiḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvānvaṣṭakāsv aṣṭakāvad vahnau hutvā daivapūrvam eva mātre pitāmahyai prapitāmahyai ca pūrvavad brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā dakṣiṇābhiś cābhyarcyānuvrajya visarjayet ||

After having worshipped, on each Ashtakâ, the gods and performed, with vegetables, meat, and cakes respectively, a Srâddha (according to the rules given in the last chapter), he must, on each Anvashtakâ, worship the gods and offer a burnt-oblation in the same way as on the Ashtakâ (i.e. reciting the same three Pañkakas successively), and entertain Brâhmanas in the same way as (directed) before (in the preceding chapter), in honour of his mother, his paternal grandmother, and his paternal great-grandmother, honour them with presents, accompany them (as far as the limits of his estate), and dismiss them

Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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