Gālava
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the Brahmin Gālava
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A Brahmin exemplar who, though hungry, devotedly consumed panasa seeds to satisfy his ancestors.
ate them himself with his wife and thus satisfied his ancestors.
In ancient times, the Brahmin Gālava, upon seeing some seeds, with devotion bought five or six of them and, though hungry, for the love of his ancestors, // Ang_1.
Vīramitrodaya
Authority cited on several distinct rules, notably one whose ruling on parental śrāddha at a new moon is explicitly superseded by Gautama's statement.
Gālava says:
This being so, what is said by Gālava:
, months, one should perform the *ūnābdika*, etc.