🪷 अन्त्येष्टि · antyeṣṭi
Saṁskāra #16 of 16 · Final rite · stage: completion
What this record can establish
A received name for final rites; Manu-smṛti 2.16 contextually describes a ritual span ending at the cremation ground.
Textual witness status
contextual-manusmriti-witness
Manu-smṛti 2.16 · inspected electronic text
niṣekādiśmaśānānto mantrair yasyodito vidhiḥ | tasya śāstre 'dhikāro 'smiñ jñeyo nānyasya kasya cit ||The verse mentions a mantra-governed span ending at śmaśāna. It does not supply the former thirteen-day procedure, succession rule, liberation mechanism, or Pañcaka remedy.
Verification boundary
Funeral law, health and safety, family roles, local custom, and ritual performance require qualified local guidance. No next-birth, mokṣa, or remedial prediction is made.
Mantra, procedure, timing, and health boundary
Vidhyamitra does not publish a “primary mantra,” canonical procedure, modern adaptation, medical effect, or personal timing instruction for this rite until each claim is checked against a named edition and address. Living ritual performance belongs with a qualified guru or paṇḍita in the relevant family and regional paramparā; medical care belongs with qualified clinicians.
Sources and Connected Saṁskāra Readings
After the record's textual witness and verification boundary, these links connect the received catalogue, source-status context, hosted thematic readings, and Vidhyamitra's Bindu and philosophy foundations. A connected reading is not evidence for a rite's mantra, procedure, timing, or medical effect.
🪷 ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः · श्री गुरवे नमः 🪷
📚 See Also
- Received sixteen-name catalogue · Editorial navigation with explicit textual distinctions
- Saṁskāra calendar-factor comparison · Seven supported event labels; not a complete classical muhūrta
- Paramparā and source boundary · Living guidance remains distinct from portal claims
- Vidhyamitra editorial philosophy · The portal's source, interpretation, and limitation frame
📖 References
- Manu-smṛti 2.16 — Addressed witness in the inspected GRETIL text; its limited scope is stated above
- Source status: contextual-manusmriti-witness — Publication classification for this individual record
- Unverified material withheld — No primary mantra, procedure, medical effect, modern adaptation, or personal Jyotiṣa prescription is published here