पिण्डतर्कक — {tarkaka} m. pl. 'inquirers for the Śrāddha oblation (?)', ancestors preceding, the great-grandfather (who eat the remnants of the oblation made to the Pitṛis) Gṛihyās. Baudh. (v. l. {-tarkuka} [also {para-tarkaka} or {kuka}], {-takṣaka}, {-takṣuka}, {piṇḍa-tarkya}, {piṇḍidaka})