the _S_raddha is
prescribed in the "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," IV. 4, 2-3, it is not
described there, but in a separate treatise, the _S_raddha-kalpa.]
[Footnote 307: As meaning the food, _s_raddha occurs in
_s_raddhabhu_g_ and similar words. As meaning the sacrificial act, it
is explained, yatraita_k_ _kh_raddhaya diyate tad eva karma
_s_raddha_s_abdabhidheyam. Pretam pit_rims_ _k_a nirdi_s_ya
bho_g_ya_m_ yat priyam atmana_h_ _s_raddhaya diyate yatra ta_k_
_kh_raddham parikirtitam. "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 892. We also
read _s_raddhanvita_h_ _s_raddha_m_ kurvita, "let a man perform the
_s_raddha with faith;" "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 1053.]
[Footnote 308: Manu III. 82.]
[Footnote 309: Pit_ri_n uddi_s_ya yad diyate brahma_n_ebhya_h_
_s_raddhaya ta_k_ _kh_radd ham.]
[Footnote 310: Apastamba II. 16, 3, Brahma_n_as tv ahavaniyarthe.]
[Footnote 311: L. c. p. 142.]
[Footnote 312: Manu III. 138, 140.]
[Footnote 313: "A_s_v. G_ri_hya-sutras" IV. 5, 8.]
[Footnote 314: It is described as a vik_ri_ti of the
Parva_n_a-_s_raddha in "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 1011.]
[Footnote 315: One of the differences between the acts before and after
the Sapi_nd_ikara_n_a is noted by Salankayana:--Sapi_nd_ikara_n_am yavad
_rig_udarbhai_h_ pit_ri_kriya Sapi_nd_ikara_n_ad urdhva_m_ dvigu_n_air
vidhivad bhavet. "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 930.]
[Footnote 316: "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 1023.]
[Footnote 317: "G_ri_hya-sutras," ed. Oldenberg, p. 83.]
[Footnote 318: A pratyabdikam ekoddish_t_am on the anniversary of the
deceased is mentioned by Gobhiliya, l. c. p. 1011.]
[Footnote 319: "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 1039.]
[Footnote 320: "_S_ankh. G_ri_hya," p. 83; "Gobh. G_ri_hya," p. 1024.
According to some authorities the ekoddish_t_a is called nava, new,
during ten days; navami_s_ra, mixed, for six months; and pura_n_a,
old, afterward. "Gobhiliya G_ri_hya-sutras," p. 1020.]
[Footnote 321: "Gobhiliya," l. c. p. 1032.]
[Footnote 322: "Gobhiliya," l. c. p. 1047.]
[Footnote 323: "Life and Essays," ii. p. 195.]
[Footnote 324: Colebrooke adds that in most provinces the periods for
these sixteen ceremonies, and for the concluding obsequies entitled
Sapi_nd_ana, are anticipated, and the whole is completed on the second
or third day; after which they are again performed at the proper
times, but in honor of the whole set of progenitors instead of the
deceased singly. It is this which Dr. D
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