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LAWS OF MANU.
III, 83.
(Sraddha), men by (gifts of) food, and the Bhatas by the Bali offering.
82. Let him daily perform a funeral sacrifice with food, or with water, or also with milk, roots, and fruits, and (thus) please the manes.
83. Let him feed even one Brâhmana in honour of the manes at (the Sraddha), which belongs to the five great sacrifices; but let him not feed on that (occasion) any Brâhmana on account of the Vaisvadeva offering.
84. A Brahmana shall offer according to the rule (of his Grihya-stra a portion) of the cooked food destined for the Vaisvadeva in the sacred domestic fire to the following deities :
85. First to Agni, and (next) to Soma, then to both these gods conjointly, further to all the gods (Visve Devâh), and (then) to Dhanvantari,
86. Further to Kuhů (the goddess of the newmoon day), to Anumati (the goddess of the full-moon day), to Pragâpati (the lord of creatures), to heaven and earth conjointly, and finally to Agni Svishtakrit (the fire which performs the sacrifice well).
82. Vi. LXVII, 23-25.
83. The object of the second part of the verse is to forbid that two sets of Brahmanas are to be fed at the daily Sraddha, as is done at the Pârvana Sraddha, see below, verse 125 seq. Når. adds, visvesham devânâm nityasraddhe prinanam nâstîti darsitam 11It is indicated (hereby) that the Visvedevas are not gladdened at the daily Sraddha.' Medh., Nand., and Râgh. read kinkit,'any (food),' for kamkit,'any (Brâhmana).'
84. Ap. II, 3, 16; Gaut. V, 10; VI. LXVII, 3 (see also the Grihyasûtras, quoted by Professor Jolly on the last passage). The term
a Brâhmana' is not intended to exclude other Aryans (Medh., Nand., Kull., Râgh.).
85. Each offering must be presented with a mantra, consisting of the name of the deity in the dative case and the wordsvaha.'
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