Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.892

v1.c3.s21.892

Pitā-putrīya (‘relating to father and son’), used with Sampradāna (‘handing over’) means the ceremony by which a father, when about to die, bequeathes his bodily and mental powers to his son. It is described in the Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad.¹