The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

VISHVU.

LXXXII, 2.

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2. But at a (.Sraddha offering) to the manes he
must enquire as closely as possible (into the
qualities and descent of a Brahmazza, whom he
means to invite).
3. He must not invite (to a Sraddha) such as
have a limb too little, or a limb too much ;
4. Nor such as follow an occupation forbidden
(by the Veda or by the traditional law)1.
5. Nor those who act (deceitfully) like cats;
6. Nor those wearing the insignia of some parti-
cular order, without having a claim to them ;
7. Nor astrologers ;
8. Nor Brahmazzas who subsist upon the offerings
made to an idol which they attend ;
9. Nor physicians;
10. Nor sons of an unmarried woman ;
11. Nor sons of the son of an unmarried woman ;
12. Nor those who sacrifice for a multitude of
persons ;
13. Nor those who offer sacrifices for a whole
village;
14. Nor those who offer sacrifices for Sfidras;
15. Nor those who offer sacrifices for those for
whom it is forbidden to sacrifice (such as outcasts
and others);
16. Nor those for whom the ceremony of initia-
tion has not been performed;
17. Nor those who sacrifice for such ;

4. 1 The particle ^a, according to Nand., in this Sutra, refers to
other categories, mentioned by Atri, viz. persons belonging to the
same Gotra, or descended from the same Az'shi ancestors as the
sacrificer, and unknown persons.
8. ‘ Aa indicates here that thieves and wicked persons are also
intended, as stated in a Smn'ti.’ (Nand.)