History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1203
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1203
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*Kāñcanapurīvrata*—A miscellaneous vrata (prakīrṇaka); on Śu 3, Kṛ. 11, Pūrṇimā, Amāvāsyā, 8th tithi or Saṅkrānti; gift of golden purī (town) with walls of gold, silver or lead, pillars of gold, silver &c; in most of the manufactured town, images of Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī; HV II. 868-876 (from Gar), Bhav U. 147; practised by Gaurī and Śiva, Rāma and Sītā, Damayantī and Nala, Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍavas. Confers everything and frees from all sins