History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c38.37

v3.c38.37

*Pitṛyajña* :—The word occurs in Ṛg. X. 16. 10, but its exact meaning is not certain. Pitṛyajña may be performed in either of three ways as stated above (on p. 700) viz. by tarpaṇa (Manu III. 70 and 283), or by performing baliharaṇa in which remnants of bali food are to be offered to the pitṛs (Manu III. 91 and Aśv. gṛ. I. 2. 11) or by performing śrāddha daily with food on inviting at least one brāhmaṇa for dinner (Manu III. 82-83). Śrāddhas will be dealt with later and the other two (tarpaṇa and baliharaṇa) have already been dealt with. In this daily śrāddha¹⁷⁸⁴ there is no offering of piṇḍas (balls of rice) and the several strict rules and procedure of the *pārvaṇa śrāddha* do not apply.