History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1109

v6.c81.1109

*Ādityavāra*—has various names ( 12 in all ) when conjoined with certain tithis, nakṣatras and months, it is *Nanda* in *M. su.* 6, when *nakta* and anointing Sun image with ghee and offering flowers of Agasti tree and white sandalwood paste and *guggulu-dhūpa* and *naivedya* of *apūpa*; HV II 522-23, *KKV 10-12*; it is *Bhadra* when Bh. śu. has Sunday, one may observe nakta or fast on that day, offer in the noon mālatī flowers, white candana paste, vijaya incense; HV II 523-24, KKV 12-13; in the same way *Saumya* ( Sunday with Rohiṇī nakṣatra ); *Kāmada* ( Sunday on Mārga. su. 6 ); *Jaya* ( Sunday in Dakṣiṇāyana ); *Jayanta* ( Sunday in Uttarāyaṇa ); *Vijaya* ( Sunday on su 7 with Rohiṇī ); *Putrada* ( Sunday with Rohiṇī or Hasta, fast and śrāddha with piṇḍas ), *Ādityābhimukha* ( Sunday on Māgha dark 7, ekabhakta, japa of Mahāśvetā mantra from morning till sunset ); *Hṛdaya* ( Sunday with saṅkrānti when observance of nakta, facing the Sun in a Sun temple and japa of Ādityahṛdaya mantra 108 times ); *Rogaha* ( Sunday on Pūrvāphalgunī, worship with arka flowers collected in a bowl of arka leaves ); *Mahāśvetāpriya* ( Sunday and solar eclipse, fast, japa of Mahāśvetā ), Mahāśvetā mantra is 'hrīm hrīm sa iti' ( *vide* HV II 521 ) For the last ten, *vide* KKV 12-23, HV II. 524-528 ( with variations in both works )