History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1085

v6.c81.1085

*Aśūnyaśayanavrata* or *Aśūnyaśayanadvitīyā*—on dark 2nd tithi of four months from Śr ; tithi; Lakṣmī and Hari worshipped; occurs in Vi Dh I. 145. 6-20 and III. 132 1-12, Va. 16. 16-29, Agni 177. 3-12, Bhav. I. 20. 4-28, KKV 41-44 (*q.* from Bhav U) and 44-46 (from Mat. 71 2-20=Pad. V. 24. 1-19). The Matsya contains a somewhat different mode; HV I 366-371 (from Bhav.) and 371-377 (from Bhav U); KR 225-228 (quotes Bhav I. 20 4-28). This vrata secured *avaidhavya* to women and *aviyoga* (absence of the loss of wife) to men. Vide S Pr (*folio 22b*) and SmK 146-148 One of the mantras that occur in both KKV 43 and HV I. 373 is '*Lakṣmyā na śūnyaṁ varada yathā te śayanaṁ sadā । śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathātra Madhusūdana*'। KR (p 228) remarks that when it is said that the vrata begins in Śr. Kr., the month is *pūrṇimānta* according to the usage. Mentioned in 'Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts of Nizam's Dominions' by Dr. Srinivasachar No 50 pp 140-142 of śake 1198 Māgha śu. 10 (1276 A. D.) where Kuppāmbikā wife of a Kākatīya General is said to have performed it.