History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.712.1

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Pārvaṇa-śrāddha, see under 'piṇḍas', ācamana required in six items at, 459, agnaukaraṇa in Āp. gr. 436, 438, agnihotrin cannot perform p., except on amāvāsyā, acc. to Manu 462; apātraka-pārvaṇaśrāddha in Mithilā explained 486-486, Āśv. gr. omits several details of p found in some smṛtis 438n; brāhmaṇa is the āhavanīya fire in, 444n, conflict of views about the ancestors to whom piṇḍas are to be offered at śrāddha on amāvāsyā 472-476, dakṣiṇā was to be given to brāhmaṇas in p according to the ability of the performer, 446, 451, 501, darbhas are double-folded in p 434, 441, 505, details of p vary in modern times according to the country, the veda or śākhā of the performer or acc. to the eminent writer the performer follows or according as he is a Śaiva or Vaiṣṇava 485; difference of views as to the stage at which piṇḍas were to be offered in p 470-472, different manuals on śrāddha have been followed in medieval and modern times 486, divergence of views from very early times as to the number of āhutis in p, as to the deities, as to the order of naming the deities and the form of words to be used 462-463, eleven brāhmaṇas are invited in Mithilā villages even by poor men, but it is often difficult to secure a very learned man (called pātra or mahāpātra) to officiate 483; epigraphic evidence about gifts of land made at p. and other śrāddhas 451n, feeding of daiva or vaiśvadeva brāhmaṇas at p. not mentioned in Āśv. gr though mentioned by Manu, Vas.