Piṇḍapitṛyajña
event · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
ancestor rice-offering · pitṛyajña · pārvaṇa · the deposited share
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1 expressionAncestor rice-offering“piṇḍapitṛyajña”1 mention
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Unfailing, undiminished, ever-giving, like a spring perpetually inexhaustible — let the father, the grandfather, and he who is the third ancestor live upon this share here.
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
The periodic ancestor-worship offering to the pitṛs, which presupposes that the deceased has already attained ancestor-status via Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.
Furthermore, for one who has established the sacred fires, for the daughter's son, even when the maternal uncle, who is without fires, is present, for the sake of the *pārvaṇa* rite, the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of the maternal grandfather would be obtained, or for the sake of the daughter's son, the maternal uncle would have to perform it in a secondary time, and the separate verse, "not a *pārvaṇa*, not an …
Because it is mentioned together with the auspicious rite, which must be performed, and because in "before the new moon day," from the mention of the new moon day, the *pitṛyajña* related to the new moon day, like the *pārvaṇa*, is also taken.
And this, in the view of those for whom the postponement of the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is for the sake of the *Piṇḍapitṛyajña*, should be performed for the mother as well as for the father.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ritual offering of a rice-cake (pinda) to the ancestors (Pitrs), guarded by Yama-Vaivasvata for successive generations.
Unfailing, undiminished, ever-giving, like a spring perpetually inexhaustible — let the father, the grandfather, and he who is the third ancestor live upon this share here.
By the impulsion of divine Savitṛ, impelled by the arms of the Aśvins, by the hands of Pūṣan, I offer thee forth to the Brāhmaṇas.
Swelling full, undiminished, ever-giving, replenishing itself again like Soma — let this deposited share belong to the son, the grandson, and him who is the great-grandson.