History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1145

v6.c81.1145

*Āṣāḍha-kṛtya*—KR 196–218, KT 434–437, VKK 283–292, NS 101–109; SMK 137–148. Some of the smaller observances of Āṣāḍha are mentioned here. Ekabhakta vrata for whole month (SMK 137, KR 196); gift of sandals, umbrella, salt and myrobalans (v l. 'new kambala') to a brāhmaṇa for securing favour of Vāmana (avatāra) on the first or on some convenient day of Āṣāḍha; on śu. 2. if there is Puṣya nakṣatra, Rathotsava of Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and Subhadrā (TT 29, NS 101, SMK 137); on śu 7 (fast on 6th and) worship of Sun called Vivasvat who appeared on Pūrvāṣāḍhā that day (KKN 390, SmK 138); on 8th image of Devī that killed Mahiṣāsura should be bathed with turmeric water and camphor and sandalwood paste, and feast to brāhmaṇas and maidens full of sweet dishes and tasty liquids and lamps lighted; NA 56, SmK 138; as to 9th see under Ubhaya-navamī, on tenth Varalakṣmīvrata (very important in Tamil country) and worship on a kalaśa, as to 11th and 12th vide under these words; Full Moon is very holy and gifts must be made (Rāmāyaṇa q by KR 214); if there be Uttarāṣāḍhā nakṣatra on Pūrṇimā worship of ten Viśve-devas (KKN 393, KR 213 and H. of Dh. vol. IV p. 457); gift of food on Pūrṇimā gives inexhaustible merit (V. Dh.); on Pūrṇimā ascetics to shave and perform Vyāsapūjā (NS 109, SMK 144-146); on dark 8 Vināyakapūjā (KKN 390, KR 198); Āś. K. 8 is Manvādi tithi.