[Advaita-l] QUESTION ON THARPANA&SRADHA

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Anandji,

Some of the purohitas from our community had told my father that he could
give gogrAsa/ feed the shraddha-day bhojana to a cow as an exception,
considering his age and health, along with dakShiNa, etc, kept aside, for
the kulapurohit or any other purohit. Does this exception not have a basis
in shAstra?

Thanks,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> > 1.The dharmasindhu lists the 96 shrAddhas or ShaNNavati shrAddhas as
> follows.amAvAsya- 12, yugAdi or kalpAdi- 4, manvAdi- 14, saMkrAnti- 12,
> vaidhRti
> > yoga- 12, vyatIpAta yoga- 12, mahAlaya- 15, aShTakA- 5, anvAShTakA- 5,
> and
> > pUrvedyu (aShTakA)- 5.
>