History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.395.4
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.395.4
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254 states that the fire ordeal should be given in the rainy season, balance in the winter (*śiśira*), water in summer, poison when the season is cool. Nār. IV. 259 prohibits water ordeal in the cold season, fire in summer, poison in the rainy season and balance while the wind blows violently. The Mit. (on Yāj. II. 97) and Par. M. III. 162 quote Pitāmaha to the effect that the months of Caitra, Vaiśākha and Mārgaśīrṣa are common to all ordeals, *kośa* and balance may be administered in all months.