Rules for performance of Sraddha^ {contd.) Vydsa said : 1-2. Having purified the ground with cowdung and water on the day previous to that of Sraddha, the performer of iSraddha should invite the Brahmanas with the above-mentioned quilifications, through good persons with the invitation : “Tomorrow there will be Sraddka at my place.” If this is not possible, he may invite on the next day® (i.e, on the day of Sraddha. - Verse 64
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 64
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Sanskrit Original
न पङ्क्त्यां विषमं दद्यान्न याचेन्न च दापयेत। याचिता दापिता दाता नरकान यान्ति दारुणान।।
na paṅktyāṃ viṣamaṃ dadyānna yācenna ca dāpayet| yācitā dāpitā dātā narakān yānti dāruṇān||
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He shall wash his hands and perform Acamana. With the remainder of the foodstuff, he should propitiate kinsmen. He shall give unto the Brahmanas whatever is liked by them viz: cereals, vegetables, fruits, sugarcane, milk, curds, ghee, honey, cooked rice as much as they want and various kinds of edibles and beverages. He should give them various kinds of grains and gingelly seeds of all kinds and different kinds of sugar. Except in the case of fmits, roots and Panakas (sweetened