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.
LXXIII, 21.
have died,' let him place a garment (upon the balls).
21. With the Mantra, 'Give us sons, O ye manes,' (let him place) food upon them.
22. With the Mantra, Enjoy it, О ye manes, partake of it, each according to his share 1,' let him wipe off the grease from his hands with the ends of the blades.
23. With the Mantra, '(Ye waters) imparting vigour 1,' let him sprinkle the balls to the right with the wet (remainder of the food), and offer the Argha?, flowers, incense, unguents, and rice, and other victuals and dainties to the Brâhmanas.
24. And (he must offer them) a jar with water, which has been mixed up with honey, clarified butter, sesamum, and (ointments, oil, and the like).
25. The Brâhmanas having eaten and being satisfied, let him sprinkle the food (as much as has been left by them) and the grass with the Mantra, Mayest thou not fail me,' and strew the food near the leavings; and having asked them,
Are you satisfied ? Is (the Sraddha) finished,' he · must first give water for sipping to the Brâhmanas
facing the north, and then to those facing the east; and he must sprinkle the place where the Sraddha has been offered (with water, with the Mantra), *Well sprinkled. All these rites he must perform while holding blades of sacred grass in his hand.
26. Afterwards he must, while turning his face towards the Brâhmanas facing the east, circumambu
22. 1 Vâgasan. Samh. II, 31; Kath. IX, 6.
23. 1 Vâgasan. Samh. II, 34. — * The Argha is a respectful offering, the ingredients of which vary.
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