History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1050.2

v5.c75.1050.2

held superior to Vedic sacrifices in several respects by the Mahābhārata and Purāṇas 561-562; honouring the pitṛs at the time of starting on t. is specially obligatory on rich men 574; house-holder whose wife is chaste must go on a pilgrimage with her, otherwise he would not reap the fruit of t. 568; idea in the Mahābhārata and some Purāṇas was that t. may help those who have no high moral qualities in removing their sins while those that possess moral qualities gain a great store of merit by t. 562-563; karpaṭi-veśa on t. 573; large rivers, mountains and forests have always been venerated in India as sacred and as the abodes of gods 552; literature on, is more extensive than on any other single topic of Dharmaśāstra 580-582; Mahābhārata lays the greatest emphasis on the cultivation of high moral and spiritual qualities if the full reward of t, is to be reaped 562; Mahābhārata and some purāṇas emphasize that a pure mind is the real tīrtha and that it is better to stay at home and perform one's duties including performance of vedic sacrifices than undertaking t. 570; Mahābhārata and Purāṇas contain at least 40000 verses on t. 580; meaning of tīrtha in the Ṛgveda and other vedas is either 'road' or 'ford' and rarely a holy place 554; meaning of tīrtha in this section 555;