History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1147

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*Indradhvajotthānotsava*-(festival of the raising of Indra's banner). On Bh. su. 8 the pole for the banner was to be brought or made of sugarcane and was to be worshipped with attendant deities and was to be taken down and cast in deep water. It was raised on Śravaṇa, Dhaniṣṭhā or Uttarāṣāḍhā nakṣatra and taken down on Bharaṇī at night. It is elaborately described in Varāha's Bṛhatsaṁhitā, chap 43, Kālikāpurāṇa (90), RM verses 1260-1292 (*vide* BORI vol 36 pp. 323-327), HV II 401-419, TT. 115-117, VKK 322-323, KV 294-299, KR 292-293. It was recommended for observance by king. It is mentioned in Buddhacarita (SBE 49 part I, p 113), Raghuvamśa IV 3, Mṛcchakaṭika X. 7, in the 1st book of Maṇimekhalai and 5th of Śilappadhikāram, and in an inscription published in E. I. XII. 320 (dated in 461 of Mālava era i. e 404-5 A. D.). It is described in Kālikāpurāṇa 90, in Kṛtyakalpataru (on Rājadharma) pp 184-190 (from Devīpurāṇa), in RNP pp 421-423, and is mentioned in Nāgānanda I. *Vide* H. of Dh II pp 825-826 for description. RNP (pp 430-433) quotes several Paurāṇika āśīrvāda mantras and prārthanāmantras from the Viṣṇudharmottara.