Gayā
place · 4 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Gaya the figure
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
A sacred pilgrimage site associated with rites for deceased ancestors.
"Someone who will go to Gayā, he will save us.
Vīramitrodaya
Major pilgrimage site (Gayā) exempted from the ordinary restrictions on performing śrāddha during intercalary months and planetary invisibility.
> At Gayā, at all times, a wise man should give the *piṇḍa*.
And a counter-injunction (*pratiprasava*) to this is at Gayā.
> At the Godāvarī, at Gayā, and at Śrīśaila, at the two eclipses, / > the fault of the invisibility of the preceptors of the gods and demons does not exist.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
A sacred site where śrāddha offerings are said to yield infinite reward.
Whatever one gives while at Gayā brings infinite reward;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Sacred pilgrimage site associated with rites for deceased ancestors, invoked by Rāma.
among them assembled together, may at least one go to Gayā.
"For it is heard, dear one, that long ago a glorious sacred text was sung by the sacrificer Gaya himself at Gayā, concerning the fathers: