History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.979

v5.c75.979

Śrāddha, see *āmaśrāddha, aparāhṇa, Āryasamāja, brāhmaṇas, corn, eclipse, food, hemaśrāddha, jīvatśrāddha, kutapa, Maghyāvarṣa, paṅktipāvana, pārvaṇaśrāddha, piṇḍa-pitṛyajña, piṇḍas, pitṛs, putra, salt, soul, śraddhā*, afternoon preferred for ś, except for Vṛddhi-śrāddha and Āmaśrāddha 370, *agnaukaraṇa*, discussion about 461-462, *āhitāgni* should not perform ś. on any day except darśa, acc to Manu 371n, among the brāhmaṇas invited at ś, two are meant for gods (and are called *daiva* or *vaiśvadeva* brāhmaṇas) and three for pitṛs 403, 407; an *atithi* must be fed at a ś. 404; ancestors upwards from 4th viz. father, grandfather, great-grandfather of the performer's great-grandfather, are entitled only to the *lepa* (wipings of the particles of food sticking to the hand of the performer) 482-483; brāhmaṇas alone are to be invited for dinner at ś. 383; brāhmaṇas should pronounce blessings at ś after they dine and sip water, 468; brāhmaṇas who are *paṅktipāvana* should be invited at ś. 385-386; called *anvāhārya* performed formerly on the same day after *piṇḍapitryajña*, but not now 362; child whose upanayana has not been performed is not eligible to repeat Vedic mantras and cannot perform ś. but an exception is made in the case of a son as to funeral rites for a parent 365; classification of śrāddhas, 380-381, confers long life, happiness, fame, prosperity, sons, and heaven on the performer, 350; consequences that follow from disposal of the piṇḍas in śrāddha in each of the several modes of disposal 481; daily ś prescribed by Manu for all householders to be performed with food or water or milk or fruits and roots 369, dakṣiṇā has to be given profusely towards the end of each ś. and it is supposed that whatever may be wanting in mantras or the proper time or procedure is cured and made perfect by it 534-535, dark half of a month preferred for, 370, definitions of ś by Brahmapurāṇa, Mitākṣarā and others emphasize its connection with śraddhā 334, 351, denotes, according to some, three things viz *homa*, offering of piṇḍa and gratification of brāhmaṇas invited to dinner, 335, derivation of word ś. from śraddhā 351-52; description of pitṛs as Vasus, Rudras and Ādityas is only for purposes of contemplation, 348,