History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.82

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Rules were laid from very ancient times about the method of inviting brāhmaṇas. The Āp. Dh. S. states that the performer should make a request to the brāhmaṇas on the previous day, that on the day of the śrāddha he should request a second time (saying 'today is the śrāddha day') and then he should address them a third time (with the words 'food is ready, come'). Haradatta on the first of the three sūtras explains that the request should be 'tomorrow there is a śrāddha, you should do me the favour of being in the place of the Āhavanīya fire' i. e. you should partake of the food that will be prepared. Manu III. 187 also says that the invitation should be on the previous day or on the day of the śrāddha