History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.141

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838c अपरार्क p. 426 quotes वृद्धमनु for defining व्यतीपात ‘श्रवणाश्विधनिष्ठाद्रानागदैवतमस्तके । यद्यमा रविwareण व्यतीपातः स उच्यते ॥’. Vide अग्निपु 209. 13 for the same verse with slight variations (due probably to not reading the mss correctly). When Amāvāsyā occurs on a Sunday and the moon is on that day either in Sravaṇa nakṣatra or in Aśvinī, Dhaniṣṭhā, Ārdrā or the first quarter of Āśleṣā, that is a conjunction called व्यतीपात, some explain मस्तक as meaning मृगशिरोनक्षत्र. Bāṇa mentions Vyatīpāta in his हर्षचरित व्यतीपात is also defined in another way with reference to Rāśis. पञ्चाननस्थौ गुरुभूमिपुत्रौ मेषे रवि. स्याद्यदि शुक्लपक्षे । पाशाभिधाना करभेन युक्ता तिथिर्व्यतीपात इतीह योगः ॥ q. by आ. क. ल. pp. 18-19. When on the 12th of the bright half the moon is in Hasta nakṣatra, the sun in Meṣa (Aries) and Jupiter and Mars in Lion, then the conjunction is called व्यतीपात गजच्छाया is a conjunction that occurs when the moon is in Maghā nakṣatra and the sun is in Hasta and the tithi is 13th in the rainy season. विश्वरूप on या. II 218 quotes यद्दि स्याच्चन्द्रमाः पित्र्ये करे चैव दिवाकरः । वर्षासु च त्रयोदश्यां सा च्छाया कुञ्जरस्य तु ॥. अपरार्क quotes a काठकश्रुति ‘एतद्धि देवपितॄणां चायनं यद्धस्तिच्छाया)’. Both the मिता. and अपरार्क p. 427 have a similar verse The कल्पतरु (आ) p. 9 and कृत्यरत्नाकर p. 319 quote ब्रह्माण्डपुराण ‘योगो मघात्रयोदश्यां कुञ्जरच्छायसंज्ञितः । भवेन्मघायां संस्थे च शशिन्यर्के करे स्थिते ॥’ The सौरपुराण (51.31-32) puts it as ‘भाद्रपदे त्रयोदश्यां मघास्विन्दुः करे रवि.’ The स्कन्दपुराण (VI 220 42-44) explains हस्तिच्छाया in several ways. The अग्निपु (165 3-4) explains हस्तिच्छाया in two ways Some take गजच्छाया literally and say that śrāddha should be performed in the shadow of an elephant. The Vanaparva 200 121 avers that such a śrāddha in which the ears of the elephant serve as a fan gives gratification for thousands of kalpas. अपरार्क p 427 quotes a verse from the महाभारत about श्राद्ध performed in the rainy season under the shadow of an elephant and fanned by the flapping of its ears and the meat being that of a goat all red in colour.