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Hence, owing to this especial ordinance, the Sraddha must precede the worship of the gods, and not succeed it. Masha, is the Phascolus Roxburghii. It is difficult to understand what is meant by Vadhrinasa here. It means either a large bull, or a kind of bird, or a variety of the goat. Probably the bull is intended. Pitrikshaye is mrita-tithau. Some hold that it is something like the sorrel.
With the meat of the buffalo their gratification lasts for eleven months. With beef presented at the Sraddha, their gratification, it is said, lasts for a full year. Payasa mixed with ghee is as much acceptable to the Pitris as beef. With the meat of the Vadhrinasa the gratification of the Pitris lasts for twelve years.
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