Piṇḍa
“funerary rice-ball offering”
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Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The piṇḍa, the ball of rice/food offered to ancestors, whose precise handling, joining, and division is subject to detailed rules.
and having divided that *piṇḍa* (पिण्ड) into three parts, one should place it among the three ancestors, the mother and others.
Having duly joined the wife's *piṇḍa* (पिण्ड) with the husband's *piṇḍa* (पिण्ड), // Ang_1.
Some, having divided that very *piṇḍa* (पिण्ड) into two, then place the northern part of the *piṇḍa* (पिण्ड) in the paternal group, // Ang_1.
Manusmṛti
Balls of ritual food offered to the ancestors during the śrāddha
214[204M] // Then, with a concentrated mind, having made three *piṇḍas* (ritual food balls for the ancestors) from the remainder of the oblation, one should offer them facing south, according to the rule for the water-libation.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
Ritual balls of food offered to the Ancestors during the śrāddha and related rites.
He should give the Piṇḍas to a cow, a goat, or a Brāhmaṇa, or cast them into fire or water.
Taking all the remaining food with sesame seeds, facing south, he should offer the Piṇḍas near the leftovers, as in the Pitṛyajña.
In the same way, he should offer them for the maternal grandfathers;