Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VISHNU.
LXXXII, 2.
2. But at a (Sraddha offering) to the manes he must enquire as closely as possible (into the qualities and descent of a Brâhmana, whom he means to invite).
3. He must not invite (to a Srâddha) such as have a limb too little, or a limb too much;
4. Nor such as follow an occupation forbidden (by the Veda or by the traditional law)".
5. Nor those who act (deceitfully) like cats ;
6. Nor those wearing the insignia of some particular order, without having a claim to them;
7. Nor astrologers;
8. Nor Brâhmanas who subsist upon the offerings made to an idol which they attend;
9. Nor physicians; 10. Nor sons of an unmarried woman; 11. Nor sons of the son of an unmarried woman;
12. Nor those who sacrifice for a multitude of persons;
13. Nor those who offer sacrifices for a whole village;
14. Nor those who offer sacrifices for Sadras;
15. Nor those who offer sacrifices for those for whom it is forbidden to sacrifice (such as outcasts and others);
16. Nor those for whom the ceremony of initiation has not been performed;
17. Nor those who sacrifice for such ;
4. The particle ka, according to Nand., in this Sūtra, refers to other categories, mentioned by Atri, viz. persons belonging to the same Gotra, or descended from the same Rishi ancestors as the sacrificer, and unknown persons.
8. 'Ka indicates here that thieves and wicked persons are also intended, as stated in a Smriti.' (Nand.)
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