History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.497.3

v5.c71.s1.497.3

Here in the middle of the observance there is no food taken and a large number of morsels is taken at the beginning and at the end So this is called Pipīlikāmadhya. This latter is described by Vas 23.45 and Manu XI. 216. Viṣṇu Dh. S. 47.5-6 say: Yasyāmamāvāsyā madhye bhavati sa piplīkā-madhyah yasya paurṇamāsī sa yavamadhyah. If there are 14 or 16 tithis in any particular pakṣa (half of a month) then the number of grāsas must be regulated accordingly There are other descriptions of cāndrāyaṇa Vide Haradatta on Gaut. 27.12-15. The Kalpataru appears to have held (explaining two verses of Jābāla) that on the first of the dark half of a month 15 morsels were taken, then one morsel less was taken on each succeeding tithi; so that on amāvāsyā one morsel was eaten, then on the first of the bright half two morsels were eaten and one morsel was added every day so that on the 14th of the bright half fifteen morsels were taken and there was a complete fast on Paurṇamāsī. But this seems to be opposed to the very idea of increase and decrease of the intake of food on the analogy of the waxing and waning of the Moon and to several smṛti texts such as Vas 23.45 and Parāśara X 2 Therefore the Pr. Prakāśa (folio 58b) finds fault with it311a Cāndrāyaṇa may be divided from another point of view into two varieties: (1) *MUKHYA* (in the primary sense, viz. following exactly the waxing and waning of the moon) and *GAUNA* (having a secondary or metaphorical sense).