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Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.14: atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.14

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atha caturdaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

3.14.1

atha māsi māsi pitṛbhyo dadyāt \1\

Now, month by month, one should make offerings to the ancestors.

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3.14.2

brāhmaṇān vedaviduṣo 'yugmān tryavarārdhyān pitṛvadupaveśyāyugmānyudapātrāṇi tilairavakīrya brāhmaṇānāṃ pāṇiṣu ninayet \2\

Having seated an uneven number of Brahmins learned in the Veda, at least three, in the manner of the ancestors, having scattered sesame seeds into an uneven number of water-vessels, he should pour [the water] into the hands of the Brahmins.

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3.14.3

ata ūrdhvamalaṅkṛtānāmantryāgnau kṛtvānnaṃ ca asāvetatatte ityanudiśya bhojayet \3\

After this, having adorned them, having offered [a portion] in the fire, and having assigned the food with "N.N., this to you!", he should feed [them].

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3.14.4

bhuñjāneṣu mahāvyāhṛtayaḥ sāvitrīṃ madhuvātīyāḥ pitṛdevatyāḥ pāvamānīrjaped yathotsāhamanyat \4\

While they are eating, he should mutter the great mystical utterances, the Sāvitrī, the Madhuvātīya verses, the verses addressed to the ancestors, and the Pāvamānī verses, and any other [texts] according to his ability.

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3.14.5

bhuktavatsu piṇḍān dadyāt \5\

When they have eaten, he should offer sacrificial rice-balls.

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3.14.6

purastādeke \6\

Some [say he should offer them] beforehand.

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3.14.7

piṇḍān tatpaścimena patnīnāṃ kiñci dantardhāya \7\

To the west of them, he puts down slightly concealed sacrificial rice-balls for the wives.

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3.14.8

brāhmaṇānāṃ śeṣaṃ nivedayet \8\

He should announce the remainder to the Brahmins.

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3.14.9

agnaukaraṇādi piṇḍapitṛyajñena kalpo vyākhyātaḥ \9\

The procedure beginning with the offering in the fire has been explained by the sacrifice of sacrificial rice-balls to the ancestors.

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3.14.10

sūtrāṇi dattvāñjanābhyañjanagandhapuṣpadhūpadīpāṃśca pratipiṇḍaṃ dadyāt \10\

Having given threads, he should give ointment, unguent, perfume, flowers, incense, and lamps for each sacrificial rice-ball.

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3.14.11

athāta ekoddiṣṭam \11\

Now then, the ancestral rite dedicated to a single person.

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3.14.12

ekaṃ pavitram \12\

There is one strainer;

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3.14.13

ekamarghyam \13\

one water offering for hospitality;

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3.14.14

ekapiṇḍam \14\

one sacrificial rice-ball.

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3.14.15

nāgnaukaraṇam \15\

There is no offering in the fire.

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3.14.16

abhiramyatāmiti visargaḥ \16\

The dismissal is with: "May you be pleased."

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3.14.17

saṃvatsaramevaṃ pretaḥ \17\

Thus for the deceased for one year.

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3.14.18

caturthavisargastu \18\

But [at the ancestral rite] for the fourth [ancestor] there is dismissal.

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3.14.19

vṛddhipūrteṣu yugmān bhojayet \19\

At [ancestral rites for] prosperities and works of public charity, he should feed [Brahmans] in even numbers.

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3.14.20

pradakṣiṇamupacāraḥ \20\

The ritual procedure is clockwise (from left to right).

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3.14.21

yavaistilārthaḥ

Barley serves the purpose of sesame.

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