History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.565

v5.c71.s1.565

³⁴² वीरासनं निराश्रयमुपवेशनम् । तथा विष्णुधर्मोत्तरे। उत्थितस्तु दिवा तिष्ठेदुपविष्टस्तथा निशि। एतद्वीरासनं नाम महापातकनाशनम्॥ प्राय. वि pp. 197–198 The word occurs in several smṛtis such as Saṅkha 18.2, Laghu-Viṣṇu III 9. The Agni-purāṇa (171 3–4) defines it in the same way