History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.75

v5.c72.75

⁴⁷⁰ X. 18.5 यथा न पूर्वमपरो &c. Probably this refers to the funeral procession arranged according to ages, as Āśv. gr. IV. 2.9 states expressly 'अन्वञ्चोऽमात्या अधोविवीताः प्रवृत्तशिखा ज्येष्ठप्रथमाः कनिष्ठजघन्याः'. The बौ. पि सू. I. 21.4 remarks 'अयैनाननुपूर्वे कल्पयति यथाहान्यनुपूर्वं भवन्तीति or the idea may be that each generation should die in the order it was born and that a son should not die before his father.