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² Godāna is a sacramental proceeding carried out on the youth’s hair in the 16th or 18th year, and described in the Gṛihyasūtras— “giving the family cut to the hair” (Hopkins, JAOS, xiii, p. 109). Çrāddha (this kind is called ābhyudayika) are prescribed for all happy family events. See, e.g. Caland, Ahnenkult, p. 100, and especially “Totenverehrung” (among some Indo-European peoples), 36-39.