History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.94

v3.c40.94

Āp. Dh. S. II. 8. 18. 2 forbids the use of dark grains (like māṣa beans) in śrāddha. The Mahābhāṣya says 'when it is declared that māṣa beans should not be eaten, they are not to be eaten even when other grains of corn are mixed up with them' (vol. I. p. 127).¹⁸⁷⁵ The Gṛ. R. p. 359 quotes the Brahmapurāṇa¹⁸⁷⁶ forbidding the use of certain cereals generally such as rājamāṣa, sthūlamudga (called 'methī' in Marathi), masūra &c. Śaṅkha-Likhita¹⁸⁷⁷ quoted in Āhn. Pr. p. 394 allows the employment in offering to gods of all cereals, except kodrava, caṇaka (gram), māṣa, masūra, kulattha and uddālaka. Vṛddha-Hārīta VII. 110-111 also mentions the corns that are forbidden.