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of Religion in the Himalaya, 
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half of the manes with the usual dedication. The object declared is to 
allay the extremes of heat and thirst which the spirit must undergo and 
to perform the rites of the first day on its behalf. The ceremony known 
as the tilatoydnjali must be performed either thrice or once each day 
for the next ten days. Then rice* * * § is boiled in a copper vessel and in it 
sesamum, ndgahesara (Mesua ferred) , honey and milk are placed and 
afterwards made into balls about the size of a bel fruit; these are offered 
with a dedication in the name of the deceased and the object that the 
spirit should obtain liberation and reach the abodes of the blessed after 
crossing the hell called Uaurava and also that the head of the new body 
of the spirit may be formed correctly. Before actually offering the 
pinda , the celebrant should stand in silence to the left of the fire-place, 
and place a pavitra f on the ground and on it a harma-patra or sacrificial 
vessel and on the latter again a pavitra. The vessel should then be 
filled with water, sesamum and perfumes whilst the altar is covered with 
husa-gvass. The celebrant next takes a pavitra and water in his hand 
and repeats the dedication as to laying the husa on the altar in the name 
of so and so deceased as a seat for his spirit. After this, water (avane- 
jana) is poured on the altar with a similar dedication and then the pinda 
is offered whilst the celebrant drops on his left knee and repeats the 
dedication already given. As already noticed, the object -of the pinda 
presented on the first day is to enable the spirit to cross the hell called 
Uaurava and have a head for its new body. This is followed by an offer¬ 
ing of water, one of very cold water, and one of sandal, rice, biting a-rdja\ 
(JEtolipta prostrata) , flowers, incense, lamps and balls of rice and honey, 
each with its own proper dedication in the name of the manes. The 
thirteenth dedication is concerned with the consecration of the harma- 
patra already mentioned. On the first day one pinda is offered : on the 
second, two pindas , &c., so that in ten days, fifty-five pindas are offered 
each with the same ceremony as here given. Then comes the prayer 
that the pindas already giveu may reach the manes, and the harma-patra 
is turned upside down. The mouth is then rinsed with the usual for¬ 
mula and all the materials are thrown into the water with the mantra ;§ 
—‘ Thou hast been burned in the fire of the pyre and hast become 
separate from thy brethren, bathe in this water and drink this milk thou 
* Kshatriyas and all other than Brahmans make the pindas of barley-flour and 
also the illegitimate children of Brahmans. 
f See before. 
£ In Kumaon the Cinnamomum Tamala or tejpdt is used. 
§ Ghitanala, pradagdhd’ si parity akto’si bandhavaih pidam niram idam ksMram a- 
tra snahi idcnn piba ; dkdsastho nirdlambo vdynbhutah samdrditah , atra sndtvd idam 
pitvd sndtvd pitvd sukhi bhava. 
