History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.980.1

v5.c75.980.1

Devala recommends that an elaborate ś should be performed only once a year, 383; differences in many details of ś. had arisen in the days of the Purāṇas, 363, differences among sūtras whether young or old learned brāhmaṇas were to be invited 388; digests on ś, utilized in this volume, 363, discussion of the question what Hindus of the 20th century should do about śrāddhas 549-551; discussion whether a performer of ś should perform the rite strictly in accordance with the gṛhyasūtra of his own Veda or śākhā or may include details found in other works, 452-455; discussion whether performer of ś studying one recension of the Veda must invite brāhmaṇas studying the same recension or could invite one who had studied any of the three Vedas, 397-398, discussion whether the daily Vaiśvadeva is to be performed before the starting of ś rites or after they are finished 483-484, divergent views as to the stage when *āvāhana* of *pitṛs* is to be made and about the mantras to be employed at ś, 460-461, doctrine of, carried to excess 383, 513, doctrine of offering balls of cooked rice to ancestors at ś. presupposes or requires that the ancestors are even after 50 or 100 years from their deaths capable of enjoying in an ethereal body the flavour or essence of the balls wafted by the wind 335, doctrine underlying the conception of ś is apparently opposed to the dogma of *karma* and *punarjanma*, 335, eight matters to be avoided by brāhmaṇas invited at ś.