History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.543

v5.c71.s1.543

Then Baud. prescribes: "one desirous of wisdom must perform this rite for three days and nights A sinner who drinks it during six days becomes pure, he who drinks this during seven days becomes purified from the mahāpātakas, he who drinks during eleven days removes even the sins committed by his ancestors. But he who during 21 days drinks gruel of barley grains which have passed through a cow (i. e. cowdung) sees the Gaṇas, the lord of the Gaṇas, the goddess of learning and the lord of learning."