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Śrāddha. According to Yājñavalkya, whatever food is offered on the 13th day in the rainy season, when the moon is in the Maghā, procures endless satisfaction. Evidently, the Magha Śrāddha must have been observed on the 13th of the dark half of Bhadrapada which, according to P. V. Kane, was perhaps a precursor of Mahālaya Śrāddha. 2
1. aur and FUTAI HATE = fastra:-Yājňavalkyasmrti, 1, p. 261. 5. Kane, op. cit., Vol. IV, p. 361.
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