A History of Sanskrit Literature c12.32

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c12.32

The ceremonial of ancestor-worship was especially elaborated, and developed a special literature of its own, extending from the Vedic period to the legal Compendia of the Middle Ages. The *Çrāddha-kalpa* of Hemādri comprises upwards of 1700 pages in the edition of the *Bibliotheca Indica*.

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Śrāddhakalpa — Śrīdatta Upādhyāya, Sanskrit