History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.251

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The Vāyu is not quoted in the vrata and niyatakāla sections of the Kalpataru, but it is largely quoted in several other sections From the Vāyupurāṇa Kalpataru quotes about 160 verses on śrāddha¹⁴³⁹ (of which the editor identified only about 21), about 35 on mokṣa (most traced), 22 on tīrtha, 7 on *dāna*, 5 in brahmacāri and 5 in gṛhastha. Aparārka quotes about 75 verses from Vāyu out of which 60 concern śrāddha and the rest deal with fast, dravyaśuddhi, dāna, sannyāsa and yoga. The Sm. C quotes only about 24 verses from Vāyu on śrāddha, on atithi, on Agnihotra and fuel-sticks.