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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.71

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 71

एकोद्दिष्टश्राद्धविधानम्The ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha

Verse 71

दक्षिणाभिमुखो दद्यादन्नं पिण्डं च मानवः । यवस्थाने तिला देयाः सर्वमन्यच्च पूर्ववत् ॥ ७१ ॥

dakṣiṇābhimukhō dadyādannaṁ piṇḍaṁ ca mānavaḥ | yavasthānē tilā dēyāḥ sarvamanyacca pūrvavat || 71 ||

Translation

Facing south the man should give the food and the piṇḍa; sesame is given in place of barley, and all else is as before.

Word by word

dakṣiṇa
south
abhimukhaḥ
(abhimukhaḥ) facing
dadyāt
(dadyāt) should give
annaṁ
the food
piṇḍaṁ
the piṇḍa
ca
and
mānavaḥ
the man
yava
of barley
sthānē
in place
tilāḥ
(tilāḥ) sesame
dēyāḥ
(deyāḥ) is given
sarvam
(sarvam) all
anyat
(anyat) else
pūrvavat
as before

Meaning

Sesame (tila), not barley, is the grain of the rites for the newly dead.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 70.