History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.980.7

v5.c75.980.7

offerings at ś., acc to some Purāṇas, become transformed into that kind of food that the pitṛs require in the new bodies they might have assumed acc to doctrine of *karma* and offerings due to wealth acquired by unjust means gratify pitṛs that are born as cāṇḍālas 352, on amāvāsyā is *nitya* (obligatory) 426n, on 11th day after death, two views about 519; on thirteenth day of dark half of Bhādrapada highly eulogised 360, one can offer piṇḍas only to three ancestors beginning with one's father and not to 4th, 5th or 6th ancestor even if one or more of the first three ancestors be alive, 365, 511, one knowing only the Gāyatrī verse but leading a well-regulated life was to be preferred at ś. to one who knows the three Vedas but whose conduct is not well-regulated 389, order of preference among invitees at ś. viz. first ascetics, then a brāhmaṇa who has studied the four Vedas and *itihāsa* and so on 389, origin of the institution of ś. from Manu or from the Boar incarnation 349, pārvaṇa ś. 431-514, performance of ś at night or twilight or when the sun has just risen is forbidden (except in eclipses) 375; performed at a holy place and on *yugādi* or *manvādi tithis* yields inexhaustible gratification to the pitṛs 374, performer of ś.