History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.112

v5.c73.t1.112

Certain kinds of corn and cereals were forbidden. For example, the Matsya-purāṇa and Padma (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, chap. 9 62-66)⁹³³ declare that masūra, linseed, niṣpāva, rājamāṣa, kusumbhika, kodrava, udāra, gram, kapittha, madhūka and linseed are forbidden Viṣṇu Dh S. 79. 18 provides that the performer should avoid the bean called rājamāṣa, masūra, stale food and salt manufactured from seawater. The Ṣaṭ-triṁśanmata ⁹³⁴ forbids the use in śrāddha of all kinds of cereals covered with dark husk except sesamum, mudga and māṣa.