History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.267

v5.c72.267

As stated above, for ten days after death a handful of water mixed with sesame was to be offered to the deceased on a stone (*aśman*) placed on kuśa grass and one large piṇḍa (called pūraka-piṇḍa) was to be offered on kuśa grass everyday with the face to the south and the sacred thread on the right shoulder (prācīnāvīti) for the purpose of freeing the departed from the state of being a *preta*. On the piṇḍa, water mixed with sesame was to be offered and leaves of Bhrṅgarāja (called *mākā* in Marathi) and Tulasī also. The verse 'anādi-nidhano' was to be repeated⁵⁹². The performer throws the piṇḍa in water and then bathes. Vide A. K. D pp. 43-50 and Antyeṣṭi-paddhati of Nārāyaṇa for detailed treatment of the procedure of these ten days. Besides this, the Aśvalāyana-gṛhyapariśiṣṭa⁵⁹³ III. 6 speaks of five śrāddhas called 'nava-