History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.473

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The *Ābhyudayika-śrāddha* is to be now described. Āśv. gṛ. IV. 7 mentions in one place only four śrāddhas viz. Pārvaṇa, Kāmya, Ābhyudayika and Ekoddiṣṭa (note 966 above). Many of the sūtras such as Āśv. gṛ. II. 5. 13–15, Śāṅ. gṛ. IV. 4, Gobhila gṛ. IV. 3. 35–37, Kausītaki gṛ. IV. 4, Baud. gṛ. III. 12. 2–5, the Śrāddhasūtra of Kātyāyana (kaṇḍikā 6) briefly describe this śrāddha. According to most of these sūtras this śrāddha is performed when there is a lucky event such as the birth of a son, or his *caula*, *upanayana* or marriage or there is the commencement of a charitable (*pūrta*) act (such as the dedication of a well or a tank or a park to the public). Āśv.