Note 307 — LECTURE VII.
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As meaning the food, srâddha occurs in srâddhabhug and similar words. As meaning the sacrificial act, it is explained, yatraitak khraddhayâ dîyate tad eva karma srâddhasabdâbhidheyam. Pretam pitrîms ka nirdisya bhogyam yat priyam âtmanah sraddhayâ dîyate yatra tak khrâddham parikîrtitam. "Gobhilîya Grihya-sûtras," p. 892. We also read sraddhânvitah srâddham kurvîta, "let a man perform the srâddha with faith;" "Gobhilîya Grihya-sûtras," p. 1053.