History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.2

v3.c42.2

The gṛhyasūtras speak of certain other rites performed on certain fixed days in the year. Most of them have ceased to be performed in modern times, though vestiges of some of them appear even now. Gautama (VIII. 19) enumerates the seven pākayajñasaṁsthās among his forty saṁskāras. Out of these seven pākayajñas, aṣṭakā, pārvaṇa and śrāddha will be dealt with under śrāddha later on. The seven haviryajñas and the seven somasaṁsthās will be treated of in the note on Śrauta. A few of the other rites are briefly described below.