Adhyaya 32 — Sankhya Philosophy
शाकुनं पञ्च वै मासान् षण्मासान् शूकरामिषम् ।
छागलं सप्त वै मासान् ऐणेयं चाष्टमासिकीम् ॥
śākunaṃ pañca vai māsān ṣaṇmāsān śūkarāmiṣam / chāgalaṃ sapta vai māsān aiṇeyaṃ cāṣṭamāsikīm
لحم الطير يُرضي (البِتْرِ) خمسة أشهر؛ ولحم الخنزير البري ستة أشهر؛ ولحم الماعز سبعة أشهر؛ ولحم الظبي ثمانية أشهر.
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The text treats śrāddha as a calibrated rite: different offerings are said to yield different spans of ancestral satisfaction, reinforcing the dharmic principle that intention and correct means (upāya) matter in ritual acts.
Ancillary dharma instruction (not a direct Pancalakṣaṇa topic), serving as practical ritual guidance alongside Purāṇic narrative and cosmology.
The ascending month-count can be read as a hierarchy of ‘subtle nourishment’ (anna-rasa) attributed to substances, mapping ritual substance to perceived potency in sustaining the ancestral realm.