Rites and Rituals

One who has observed celibacy strictly and sincerely, who has studied the sacred texts of his family…

Father, grandfather and great-grand father are the threc generations thal have a right to the offeri…

The Sapinda relationship goes back to the seventh generation of a man or a woman, or of the husband …

The counting must always be made with reference to a common ancestor of the parties. The rule regard…

The father and the mother of the girls may belong to the seventh and fifth gencrations respectively.…

There is a very wide gulf between the ladies who eat fis}. and are given to many lovers, and those t…

Shraddha is done at home, the wife should hand the Pinda over to him.

If there are two auspicious ceremonies in the family for a brother and sister, or for brothers-or si…

Sons are of twelve kinds: (1) one’s own coborn; (2) son of the daughter; (3) one born of his wife by…

For fceding at a Shraddha it is impossible in this world to have a Bhikshu (mendicant, ascetic, Sany…

There is a merit which comes to a person when he gifts a house to a person. The same merit will come…

When one desires to have children he should not bathe in the sea on Tuesday%, Fridays and Saturdays;…

While offering gifts, taking a purificatory bath and the like we have to note the lunar day (tithi) …

One may adopt a son permanently or for a short timc only. The son of the daughter (dauhitra) has the…

Second Kanda 223, that of his adopted father. At the time of marriage he must adopt both the Gotras…

Even when the Nandikarma is performed, one should not procccd with upanayana if there is a fall of m…

After the Nandi Shraddha, the Brahmachari should cat only in the company of his mother. Likewise the…

The smarta houschold is one which follows the grihya < and kalpa Sutras and the Smritis. The Smartl…

If the fires are combined after the homa was begun, the fire should be separated into two parts. One…

The first lunar day of the year is the first day of the bright half of Chaitra. This should not be v…

The fourth lunar day in the bright half of the Bhadrapada month is auspicious for the worship of Lor…

It is also meritorious like taking a bath on the occasions of a crore of solar eclipses, or like the…

On the Shivaratri day a period of two Ghatikas (48 minutes) at midnight is called Maha-Nisha or the …

When ekadashi (the eleventh lunar day of the bright half of the month) does not fall on two days, Dv…

The sacred texts (Shruti) declare that if there is no sólar ingress into the next sign during a luna…

Ten Ghatikas before and after the solar ingress into "Mesha are auspicious, in Vrishabha it is 16 Gh…

The libations of water for the dead (tarpanas) should not be dropped on the bare ground or into an i…

On the day of marriage the bride and bridegroom should fast at night.

Suppose there is a Shraddha on the marriage day. Second Kanda 235 How should sthalipaka be done? D…

Just as one performs Shraddha for his father, he should do the same for the wives of the father as w…

When one of the uterine brothers has sons, all the Second Kanda f - 237 brothers should be deemed …

The food which remains and which is sprinkled with holy water by the priest, should not be given up.…

A woman has menses because of four causes. These are (1) excessive passion, (2) ailment, (3} age, an…

No Upanayana (wearing of the sacred thread and initiation into Gayatri) is allowed after one such wa…

After a sex-act, urination and the like and the various parts are to be cleaned in the folowing mann…

The cleaning process given in the previous verse is for a house-holder. It is doubled for a brahmach…

The Gods take the offerings with their heads, the manes (dead ancestors) with their mouths, the yaks…

On religious occasions related to the gods and the like, one should wear a pavitra made of darbha, c…

On the day of the Shraddha of the father or mother, one should repeat the Gayatri mantra ten times a…

There are Shraddhas of different kinds. Tirtha Shraddha is observed at centres of pilgrimages. Gaya …