Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VISHNU.
XXI, 15.
(the two Mantras), “May earth unite thee?' and * United your minds ?.'
15. Near the leavings he must make (and put) four balls of rice.
16. Let him show out the Brâhmanas, after they have sipped water duly and have been presented by him with their sacrificial fee.
17. Then let him knead together the ball of the deceased person with the three balls (of the three ancestors), as (he has mixed up) his water for washing the feet and his Arghya (with theirs).
18. Let him do the same (with the balls placed) near the three trenches.
19. Or (see Sūtra 12) the Sapindikarana must be performed on the thirteenth, after the monthly Sraddha has been performed on the twelfth day.
20. For Sūdras it should be performed on the twelfth day, without Mantras.
21. If there be an intercalary month in that year, he must add one day to the (regular days of the) monthly Sraddha.
22. The ceremony of investing women with the relationship of Sapinda has to be performed in the same manner. Later, he must perform a Sraddha every year, while he lives, (on the anniversary of the deceased relative's death)".
which is quoted at full in the Kathaka Grihya-sútra, May Prithivî (the earth), Váyu (air), Agni (fire), and Pragâpati (the lord of creatures) unite thee with thy ancestors, and may you ancestors unite with him.' Regarding the particular ancestors implied here, see below, LXXV. - Rig-veda X, 191, 4.
19. 'I. e. on that day on which the period of impurity expires. (Nand.)
22. 1 The meaning is, that he must give him food and water, as prescribed in 23. (Nand.)
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