[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c72.249 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.249 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.249 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.249) The persons entitled to perform the funeral rites after death (\*antyakarmādhikārīn\*) are the same as those entitled to offer srāddha. There is a good deal of difference as to the order of the persons so entitled For example, Gautama (Dh. S 15 13-14) states 'On failure of sons the sapiṇḍas (e g. brother, brother's son), the sapiṇḍas of the mother (e g maternal uncle or his son) and pupils may perform srāddha for the deceased; in default of these the family priest and the ācārya (veda teacher).' Śaṅkha says⁵⁸¹ 'The offering of piṇḍa and water should be done by the son for the father; in default (i e absence or death) of the son, the wife (of the deceased) should offer, but in default of her the full brother' The Viṣṇupurāṇa⁵⁸² provides 'the son, grand-son, great grandson (of the deceased), the offspring of the brother (of the deceased), the offspring of a sapiṇḍa become entitled to offer (piṇḍa)' The Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa provides (30. 19-21, chap 27. 19-23 of the Veṅk. ed.) 'On failure of the sons, sapiṇḍas, on failure of them the samānodakas, then the sapiṇḍas of the mother, and samānodakas of her, should perform these rites, a daughter's son should perform them (if the man dies sonless), the putrikāputra should perform them for his maternal grand-father; in default of all these, women should perform these rites for their husbands but without Vedic mantras; in default of wife the king should get the rites performed by some one belonging to the family (of the deceased) - [Previous: v5.c72.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.248) - [Next: v5.c72.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.250) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) ## Cites (4) - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.30.19) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.15.13) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Śaṅkhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.sankhalikhita-works.sankhalikhita.sankha) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.249) · Pramāṇa