History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.712.2

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and Yāj 435n, food offered on the hand of brāhmaṇas was to be mixed with the food served in the plates placed before them and then eaten by them 443n, food served to the brāhmaṇas in p should be rich and steaming hot and should be silently eaten by them and its good qualities should not be declared by them while they are eating 465, formula of presentation if the performer does not know the names of his ancestors 477; gradual addition of details to p. from ancient vedic times to modern times illustrated 485, great divergence of views from the sūtras onwards as regards *mantras*, details and order of items in p. 426, holy texts should be repeated while brāhmaṇas are engaged in dining at p. 439, 449-50, holy texts to be repeated varied from writer to writer 444-445; if gotra of ancestors be not known, the performer should employ the gotra name Kāśyapa 477; if holy texts to be repeated not known to performer he should recite Gāyatrī mantra 450n, if one is unable to perform p every month, Śrāddhatattva recommends that one should perform it thrice a year or at least once a year when the sun is in the sign of Kanyā 510, if performer has no smārta fire he is to. offer *homa* food on the hand of the brāhmaṇas invited at p.