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29. 'Or he may entertain (at a 6raddha) even a single Brahma/za who has studied the whole Veda, who is distinguished by learning and virtue, and is free from all evil marks (on his body).'

as the latter assigns the fragments on the ground to honest and upright servants. Sutra 24 I read with the majority of the MSS. ' lepanodakam ' for * lepamodakam,' and 'annaw preteshu' for ' anupreteshu.'

26.. Manu III, 224. The meaning of the last clause seems to be that the sacrificer shall stand before the Brahmawas until they have done eating.

27. Identical with Manu III, 125; see also Vishmi LXXIII, 3. The offering to the gods is the Vawvadeva offering which pre- cedes the Sraddha.

28. Identical with Manu III, 126. 29. Manu III, 129.