The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s2.11
The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s2.11
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¹⁸ ‘Bṛhat Saṃhitā’, CIV. 1-5; ‘Matsya Purāṇa’, LIV. 7. The Nakṣatra Puruṣa Vrata is worship of Nārāyaṇa. In the rites of the ‘moon-vow’, the Candra-vrata, the Moon, Lord of the Nakṣatras, is beheld as Puruṣa. The rite is performed when Candra is joined with the asterism Mūlā: when his feet are joined with Mūlā, his legs in Rohiṇī, knees in Aśvinī, thighs in the 2 Āṣāḍhās, etc. ‘Mahābhārata’, XIII. 172. 3-10.
Cites (3)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit