Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s4.13
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c15.s4.13
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The ceremony of taking out the body of the dead (nīharaṇa) including the child was performed with great pomp (iddhisakkhāra) and many funeral rites (mayakacca) were performed on the occasion. Annual or monthly feasts were given in honour of the departed.¹⁹² Mention has been made of offering the piṇḍa to the fathers. We are told that on the anniversary day the Brāhmaṇas were invited for feast.¹⁹³