Śūlapāṇi
historical figure · 1 work · 7 mentions · 12 anchored passages
Śūlapāṇi and others
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Medieval commentator whose views on gift-giving prohibitions and śrāddha timing during intercalary months are cited multiple times.
As for what is said by Anantabhaṭṭa, Hemādri, Jīmūtavāhana, Śūlapāṇi, and others, that the word 'giving' (*dāna*) refers to great gifts (*mahādāna*), and therefore only they are prohibited here, that is not correct.
, however, since the fifth fortnight itself, without regard for a connection with Virgo, is the time for the *śrāddha*, the performance of the *śrāddha* there is indeed proper.
In this verse of Laghu Hārīta, the word 'first' is for the purpose of prohibiting the monthly *śrāddha* that comes after the Sapiṇḍana.