History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1065

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1065

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v6.c81.1065

*Araṇyaṣaṣṭhī*—Jy. śu. 6; RM verso 1396 states that women with fans and arrows (v. l. 'with fans alone in one hand') wander in forests GK p. 83 says it is same as Skandaṣaṣṭhī; *tithi-vrata*; Vindhyavāsinī and Skanda worshipped; KR 185 (quotes RM), VKK 279, K. T. 430-431; observers subsist on lotus stalks, bulbous roots and fruits hoping for the health of their children.

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Ratnamālā (Śilāli) — Śilāli, Sanskrit