History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.980.2

v5.c75.980.2

411, emphasis on inviting very learned brāhmaṇas became practically nugatory by the rules of some smṛtis that one should not partake of śrāddha for three years after sapiṇḍana and that laid down various prāyaścittas for dining at śrāddha in the first, second or third year after Sapiṇḍana 548, enumeration of 96 *śrāddhas* to be performed in a year 382-383, even in modern times learned brāhmaṇas are unwilling to dine at a *ś*, particularly within a few years of death 387, 548, examination of the explanation of the doctrine of *ś* offered by Purāṇas and medieval digests 338-339, exclusiveness and pride of sub-castes even among brāhmaṇas go so far that Bālambhaṭṭī recommends that Mahārāṣṭra brāhmaṇas should not invite for *ś.* brāhmaṇas of other castes even if very learned and particularly Koṅkaṇasthas and that men of one's own sub-caste should be preferred even if they are of blemished character 398, explanation how *māsiśrāddha* came to be called the *prakṛti* (the norm) of all *śrāddhas* 258; explanation given by Purāṇas and digests how food offered into fire or eaten by brāhmaṇa invitees at *ś* is enjoyed by the departed whatever form they might have attained after death (such as a god or *daitya*, beast, or snake or grass) 335-337, five classes of, acc. to Bṛhaspati and others 381, flowers allowed and condemned for employment in *ś.* 416, food offered in *ś* is believed to be enjoyed by departed spirits in the world of pitṛs 340;