Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    the ancestors

    quoted 8 times by 6 works · as a person

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    4 quoted · 4 reported

    1 authority 7 neutral

    in the voice of officiant 2 , ancestors 1 , gods led by Agni 1 , son of the ancestor (performer) 1 , the officiant 1 , the performer 1

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    6 works

    1. in the voice of the performer

    2. Āṅgirasa Smṛti Aṅgirasa 2 neutral 2 citations

      chapter 1 2

      Direct address to the ancestors is quoted: 'Here, O ancestors... may these be pleasing to me' and related lines about kinship.

      "Here, O ancestors.
      chapter 1

    3. in the voice of the officiant

    4. Manusmṛti Manu 2 neutral 2 citations · 1 passage

      chapter 4

      A specific ritual utterance is reported as spoken during the offering of the piṇḍa

      222[212M] // Having given into their hands water with sesame seeds and Kuśa grass, one should offer the top part of that *piṇḍa*, saying, "Let this be *svadhā* for them.
      chapter 4

    6. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 neutral 1 citation

      chapter 1

      The passage frames the ancestors' hope as a direct thought introduced with 'thinking' and rendered as quoted words.

      "Someone who will go to Gayā, he will save us.
      chapter 1

    7. in the voice of ancestors

    8. Nāradasmṛti Nārada 1 neutral 1 citation

      chapter 1

      The ancestors' anxious question is presented as reported/imagined direct speech within the exhortation to the witness.

      Your ancestors are depending on you, now that you have come to give testimony, thinking, "Will he save us, or will he cause himself to fall?
      chapter 1

    9. in the voice of officiant

    10. Viṣṇu Smṛti Viṣṇu 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

      chapter 21 3

      These are direct liturgical utterances (mantras) spoken by the officiant during the ancestral rite, quoted as ritual formulas.

      To Agni, the conveyor of offerings to the ancestors, *svadhā*, salutation!
      chapter 21

    11. in the voice of gods led by Agni

    12. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Vālmīki 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages

      kanda 1 2

      The gods directly instruct the ancestors on the remedy for Indra's mutilation.

      "This ram here has its testicles, while Indra has been rendered without his — take the ram's testicles and quickly give them to Indra.
      kanda 1
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