History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.466

v5.c75.466

Jīvat-śrāddha or Jīvaśrāddha 542-545, effigy representing a human figure is to be made of threads and *palāśa* stalks on which the performer sleeps, then rises up and on the 4th day it is burnt 543-544, one cannot perform one's Sapiṇḍana 544, performed by a man himself while alive for the benefit of his soul after death once every month up to 12 years and then he stops 544, procedure of, according to Baudhāyana-gṛhyaśeṣasūtra 542-544, procedure of acc to Liṅgapurāṇa, is substantially different 544; this śrāddha is a perversion of the ancient idea of śrāddha 545, water and piṇḍa are offered to himself with a mantra 544, word 'preta' is not to be used in this rite 544