History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.119
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.119
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v5.c73.119
The foregoing discussion establishes that the monthly śrāddha on Amāvāsyā was the model śrāddha (*prakṛti*) of which the Aṣṭakās and other śrāddhas were copies (*vikṛtis*) with suitable modifications, though a few dissident texts reverse the position.