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LXXIII, 11.
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sisting of undressed grain or performed for the gratification of a special desire ? ;
6. At a Sraddha repast consisting of meat, during the recitation of the second Pankaka ;
7. At a new moon (Sraddha), during the recitation of the last Pañkaka ;
8. On the Ashtakâs (or eighth days) of the (three) dark halves subsequent to the full moon day of the month Âgrahầyana (or Mârgasirsha)”, during the recitation of the first, second, and last Pañkakas respectively;
9. Likewise, on the Anvashtakâs (or ninth days of the dark halves of those months);
10. He must invite the manes, after having received permission to do so from the Brâhmanas?.
11. Having driven away the Yâtudhầnas by strewing grains of sesamum and by reciting the two
not been traced in the Berlin MS. of the Kathaka, nor indeed in any other Samhita of the Veda, but there can be no doubt that they belong to the school of the Kathas, as nearly all are quoted by their Pratîkas in the Kathaka Grihya-sútra, and given at full in Devapâla's Commentary on the latter. The above renderings of the Pratîkas rest upon Devapâla's interpretations. That the rules in 5 seq. teach the performance of a Sraddha according to the rites of the Katha school, is confirmed by Nand. in his remarks on 5 seq. and 9 seq.
5. 1 See LXXVIII.
8. The days referred to are the eighth days of the dark halves of the months Mârgasîrsha, Pausha, and Mâgha.
9. And on the Sraddhas taking place on the seventh day of the dark half, as ka indicates.' (Nand.) This statement does not, however, deserve much credit, as such Sraddhas are neither mentioned in our work nor in the Kathaka Grihya-sútra.
10. 1. The permission of the Brâhmanas has to be asked with the Mantra, “I shall invite (the manes);" and their answer must be, “Invite them." ' (Nand.)
11. The Yâtudhậnas are a class of demons supposed to disturb
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