History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1011

v6.c81.1011

It should be remembered that several vratas depend con-jointly upon month, tithi and nakṣatra together It is difficult to classify such vratas and my classification may in some cases appear to be arbitrary. For saving space the details mentioned above will not generally be conveyed in regular sentences, but in catch-words only The figures after the abbreviated name of a work represent pages and Roman figures refer to volumes or parts; and double Arabic figures with a dot between represent chapter and verses respectively. As most vratas are tithivratas, the word tithi is not mentioned where the vrata has reference to a tithi alone and to no other particular (such as month or week-day &c. ). The word vrata has been generally omitted after the names, except where I felt that doubt or confusion is likely to be caused The word 'purāṇa' is not added to the names of purānas such as Agni, Vāmana &c Except in the case of purānas references to medieval digests and commentaries are generally arranged in chronological order The following abbreviations are used for months and half months: Cai. = Caitra, Vai. = Vaiśākha, Jy. = Jyeṣṭha, Ās. = Āṣāḍha, Śr. = Śrāvaṇa, Bh. = Bhādrapada, Āśv. = Āśvina, K.= Kārtika, Mārg. = Mārgaśīrṣa, P. = Pauṣa, M. = Māgha, Phā. = Phālguna; Śu.or śu.= Śukla, Kr. or kr.= Kṛṣṇa (pakṣa)