History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.357.4

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and performs śrāddha, the pitṛs secure *mukti* 539, great divergence of views among modern scholars about the antiquity of the Gayāmāhātmya 644, hill called Muṇḍapṛṣṭha 658, if pilgrim unable to perform all details of Gayāśrāddha at Phalgu, Pretaśilā and other spots he may offer only piṇḍas 671, 673, in whose soever name a piṇḍa is offered at Gayā that person if in hell goes to heaven and if in heaven secures release from saṁsāra 665, 670, is spoken of as pitṛtīrtha 654, king Gaya, son of Amūrtarayas, performed a sacrifice in which food and fees were distributed in plenty 653, Krauñcapāda is the hill Muṇḍapṛṣṭha 665, literature on the History and Antiquities of 643, Mahābodhi tree, verses addressed to 664, 667, mahānadī in Vāyupurāṇa on Gayā generally means Phalgu 676, māhātmya of G in Vāyupurāṇa is a patchwork made between 7th and 10th centuries 951-952, mango tree at G, famous verse about 661n, mātṛṣoḍaśī described by Raghunandana with 16 mantras which do not occur in Vāyu 677, most important work on G relied upon in medieval digests is the Gayāmāhātmya i. e. Vāyupurāṇa chapters 105-112, 644, not a spot in G. that is not a tīrtha 656, numerous sub-tīrthas of G.