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GAUTAMA.
XV, 10.
endowed with eloquence and beauty, of a (suitable) age, and of a virtuous disposition.
10. It is preferable to give (food at a Sraddha) to young (men in the prime of life).
11. Some (declare, that the age of the guests shall be) proportionate to (that of) the Manes.
12. And he shall not try to contract a friendship by an invitation to a Sraddha).
13. On failure of sons (the deceased person's) Sapindas, the Sapindas of his mother, or his pupils shall offer (the funeral oblations),
14. On failure of these an officiating priest or the teacher.
15. The Manes are satisfied for a month by gifts of sesamum, Masha-beans, rice, barley, and water,
For (three) years by fish and the flesh of common deer, spotted deer, hares, turtles, boars, and sheep,
For twelve years by cow's milk and messes made of milk,
For a very long time by the flesh of (the crane called) Vârdhrinasa, by Ocymum sanctum (sacred Basil), and by the flesh of goats, (especially) of a red (he-goat), and of a rhinoceros, (if these dishes are) mixed with honey.
16. Let him not feed a thief, a eunuch, an outcast, an atheist, a person who lives like an atheist,
11. I.e. in honour of the father a young man is to be invited, in honour of the grandfather an old man, and in honour of the great-grandfather a very old man.
12. Apastamba II, 7, 17, 4, 8; Manu III, 140. 15. Apastamba II, 7, 16, 23-11, 7, 17, 3; II, 8, 18, 13.
16. Apastamba II, 7, 17, 21. 'A destroyer of the sacred fire (vîrahan), i.e. one who extinguishes intentionally the (domestic) fire
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