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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.64

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 64

पार्वणश्राद्धविधानम्The pārvaṇa śrāddha

Verse 64

श्राद्धे पर्वणि कर्त्तव्ये पार्वणत्वेन कीर्त्तयेत् ॥ ६४ ॥

śrāddhē parvaṇi karttavyē pārvaṇatvēna kīrttayēt || 64 ||

Translation

In a śrāddha to be done at a parvan, he should name it "pārvaṇa".

Word by word

śrāddhē
in a śrāddha
parvaṇi
at a parvan
karttavyē
to be done
pārvaṇatvēna
as pārvaṇa
kīrttayēt
should name

Meaning

The parvans are the turning days of the lunar month, new moon above all. The same procedure serves, but the śrāddha is named pārvaṇa in the formulas.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Having told the procedure of the ābhyudayika śrāddha in this way, he now says that the pārvaṇa and other śrāddhas are to be done by the same procedure with its special features, with "śrāddhe" and the rest. In a śrāddha to be done at a parvan, at the new moon and so on, in the sentences of permission and the rest that are to be made, he should name the śrāddha as "pārvaṇa".