History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.212

v5.c72.212

⁵⁵⁶ Nārāyaṇa explains that the fire means ordinary kitchen fire and he seems to be right in spite of Oldenberg's note to the contrary on p. 246 (of S. B E vol. 29) The deceased sacrificer is cremated with his śrauta fires (vide Āśv. gṛ. IV. 4) and smārta fire (if any) and on his death the śāntikarma is performed by the son or other relative who may have no consecrated fires at all or, if he has, he cannot cast them away as long as he lives. The Com on Sat Sr 28. 4, 1 states that it is the adhvaryu priest that kindles the fire and not he who performed the cremation.