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15 among Rajputs, while Kanets perform it after 15 days or even 
after ten days. If the proper day chances to be inauspicious the 
observance is held a day earlier or later. The Brahman bhojan, 
or feast given to Brahmans, is called dharmshdnti, and after it the 
twice-born castes are considered purified. 
The maski is a shrddh held one lunar month after the death. 
The chhe-mdski is held six months after it. 
e barashwd is held on the first anniversary, and on it alms, 
including a shayyd,' a palanquin, horse, etc., are given to the 
family Acharaj or, in villages, to the Krishna Brahmans. A simi- 
lar shrddh is held on the second and third anniversaries. ‘On the 
fourth is held the chau-barkhi. The soul goes through three 
phases, prdni, pret, and rishet,” and on the completion of the 
fourth year it is purified and becomes a pitar deotd. In addition 
the pdrband* and kaniagat shrédhs are observed for four or five 
generations. 
e deceased is also worshipped among the twice-born 
e temples in Bashdhr are of undoubted antiquity, and 
those of Nirt, Nagar and the Four Theris are said to date back 
to the Treté-yug; Kharéhan, Sangré in Bhaba pargand ani 
Chiigion in Kanawar to the Dwapar-yug ; and most of them were 
constructed in those periods. ee 
ne ee es ees. Lie 
And sundhé means ass i ich i i coremony 
celled Bara (end) sundhd he boon performed nt Se 
1 Shayyd means bedding. In the shayyd-dan the following articles 
are given; a cot, bedding, guilt, -sheet, cooking vessels sh, male 
and female attire, and ornaments,—all according to one’s means. nd 
after death one is called pret, and from the seco 
