History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.483

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The Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13. 2-7, Mārkaṇḍeya 28. 4-7, Padma-purāṇa (sṛṣṭi 9. 194-199), Bhaviṣyapurāṇa I 185. 5-13, the Viṣṇudharmottara I. 142. 13-18 describe briefly the procedure of Nāndīśrāddha and also the occasions on which it is to be performed. The occasions specified are¹¹⁸²: on the marriages of sons and daughters, on entering a new house, on naming a child, at the time of Cūḍākarma, at Sīmantonnayana, on the birth of a son, a householder should honour the group of pitṛs called Nāndī-mukha. The Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa 28. 6 notes that some desire that this śrāddha should not have Vaiśvadeva brāhmaṇas, but the Padmapurāṇa (sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 9.195) says that in this Vṛddhi-śrāddha the mothers are to be first honoured, then the fathers, then the mātāmahas and then the Viśve-devas Hemādri (śr. p. 107) quotes two verses from the Brahmapurāṇa to the effect that the father, paternal grandfather and paternal great-grand-father are called *aśrumukha* pitṛs, while the three paternal ancestors beyond the great-grandfather are called Nāndīmukha pitṛs.¹¹⁸³ The Kalpataru (on śrāddha p 270) explains these verses as meaning no more than this that in case the three paternal ancestors of a man are living and there is a lucky event, then the devatās for Nāndīśrāddha in his case would be the three paternal ancestors beyond the great-grandfather. The Bhaviṣyapurāṇa notes that according to family usage some did not offer piṇḍas in Vṛddhiśrāddha1183a.