History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.591

v5.c71.s1.591

*SOMĀYANA*—According to the Madanapārijāta pp. 744-746 (quoting Hārītadharmasūtra and Mārkaṇḍeya) and Pr Prakāśa (folio 60b) the penance lasts for thirty days divided into five periods of 7, 7, 7, 6, 3 days, in which the milk of all the four udders of a cow, of three udders, of two udders and of one udder is respectively drunk and for the last three days there is a complete fast. There is another variety which lasts for 24 days from the 4th tithi of the dark half of a month to the 12th of the bright half of the next fort-night, the 24 days are divided into eight periods of three days each; in the first four periods of three days each the milk of a cow's four udders, three udders, two udders and one udder is respectively drunk and then in the next four periods of three days each the milk of one udder, two, three and four udders is respectively drunk Vide also Prāyaścittendu-śekhara p 12