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prepared food, having made oblations with (the hymn), * May he drive evil away from us with his shine (Rig-veda I, 97), verse by verse, having given to the Brahmanas to eat, he should cause (them) to pronounce auspicious words.
19. A cow, a cup of metal, and a garment that has not yet been washed, constitute the sacrificial fee.
KANDIKÂ 7. 1. Now at a Sraddha ceremony, at that which is celebrated on the Parvan day, or for the attainment of special wishes, or at the Abhyudayika Sraddha (i. e. the Sraddha celebrated when some good luck has happened), or at the Ekoddishta Sraddha (the Sraddha directed to a single dead person)
2. He causes Brâhmanas who are endowed with learning, moral character, and correct conduct, or with one of these (characteristics), who have been invited in time, who have taken a bath, washed their feet, and sipped water, to sit down, as representatives of the Fathers, with their faces turned to the north, one for each one of the Fathers, or two for each, or three for each.
3. The larger their number is, the greater is the reward (which the sacrificer is entitled to expect).
4. But in no case one (Brâhmana) for all (the fathers).
7, 1. Comp. on the Sraddha ceremonies in general the note on Sankhayana-Grihya IV, 1, 1, and the quotations given there. The Pârvana Sraddha, which is celebrated on the new-moon day, is treated of by Sankhâyana IV, 1, the Abhyudayika Sraddha, IV, 4, the Ekoddishra Sraddha, IV, 2.
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