History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.980.4

v5.c75.980.4

if primary procedure for a rite as laid down in śruti or smṛti cannot be carried out, then one may resort to some substituted procedure 513-514, in eclipses the appropriate time for *ś* is *sparśakāla* 372, inquiry into the learning and qualities of brāhmaṇas to be invited at *ś.* was allowed but not as to those who came by chance uninvited 391, in *ś.* on the birth of a son or in *ś.* offered by even a good śūdra there is no feeding of brāhmaṇas 482, institution of, had a hoary antiquity even at the time of the Āp. Dharmasūtra 349, inviting Bauddhas, Nirgranthas or those who espouse the Pāñcarātra or Pāśupata or Kāpālika doctrines forbidden 395, *kāmya ś*, examples of, 373; *kuśas* to be used in *ś*, rules about 417-418, leavings of food in the plates of the invited brāhmaṇas and the *vikira* on darbhas were the share or lot of persons of the family dying young and the leavings fallen on the ground were the lot of deceased slaves of the family 470n, 500, leavings of food in the plates of brāhmaṇas should not be removed or swept away till sunset, as the spirits of those that were offered no water regale themselves with them 468, leavings of food cooked for śrāddha dinner should not be given to a person inferior in qualities or to a Śūdra 468, literature on ś. is enormous in extent 362-363; long lists of persons not to be allowed near a ś. 380, Mahālayasrāddha 530-533, main underlying conception of śrāddha viz.