History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.546

v5.c73.t1.546

It may be noted that the Baud. gṛhyaśeṣasūtra III. 22 contains a very brief procedure of the same rite, but therein two verses of Kaṇva and one of Viṣṇu are quoted. It appears that this is a later addition. The text of Baud. gṛhyaśeṣasūtra III. 19 is quoted by Śr. Pr. pp. 361-363. But the Śrāddhaprakāśa also quotes a long passage from the Liṅgapurāṇa and explains it (pp. 363-368). The procedure in the Liṅgapurāṇa, however, materially differs from that of Baudhāyana. It is passed over here from considerations of space. The Śrāddhamayūkha also gives an elaborate description. Some of its provisions are stated here. In Jīvat-śrāddha the word *preta* should nowhere be used. An effigy of the person is made with fifty kuśas and is to be burnt by another with the mantra 'kravyādam-agnim' (Ṛg. X. 16. 9). The person has to kindle fire on the banks of a river with his face to the south with his gṛhya fire or ordinary fire and has to dig up a pit and make a prayer to the earth as in the case of an actual death.