History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.981.2

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texts support both views, viz that food is offered direct to the deceased ancestors in ś, and also that Vasus, Rudras and Ādityas are the pitṛs and *devatās* of ś 339, three classes of, viz. *nitya, naimittika* and *kāmya* 369-370, three sanctifying things in ś are *dauhitra*, a Nepal blanket and sesame 413, three views as to what is the principal item in ś, whether feeding of brāhmaṇas, or offering of piṇḍas or both 481-482, tilas (sesame), great importance of, in ś 418-419; times for performing ś, 360, 369-377, times on which ś. was obligatory (nitya) according to Viṣṇu Dh S. 372, times proper for kāmya ś are eclipses, days of solstice, equinoctial days, Vyatīpāta, saṅkrānti and śrāddhas performed on them give infinite pleasure to pitṛs 372, times for which pitṛs are gratified by the offering of the flesh of several animals 422-424, tīrtha-śrāddha, see under Tīrtha; treated under five heads viz, how, where, when, by whom and with what materials 340, to whom should the sons of two fathers, such as kṣetraja, putrikāputra and dattaka offer piṇḍas 536-538, twelve kinds of, according to Viśvāmitra 381-382, two classes of, viz., ekoddiṣṭa and pārvana 380;