History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1225

v6.c81.1225

Kārtika śu. 1. Vide above under Dīvālī for the rites on this tithi; on śu 2 worship of Yama (NS 203, PC 83, SmK (377) and Bhrātṛdvitīyā (vide pp. 207-208 above), on śu. 3 worship of Satīdevī (AK folio 295-296); śu 4 Nāgacaturthī (GK 81); śu. 6 is called Mahāṣaṣṭhī on which there is Vahnimahotsava (SmK 378, PC 102), special importance if it falls on Tuesday, śu. 8 worship of Bhagavatī (KKN 424-425, KR 413); śu 9 is yugādi tithi (śrāddha without piṇḍas may be performed) and Bhagavatī-pūjā (KKN 424-25, KR 413); śu. 10 partake of curds and eat only in the evening (KV 425, KR 420); śu. 11 is Bodhanī or Prabodhinī or utthāna-Ekādaśī when Viṣṇu rises from sleep (KKN 392, NS 205); this is specially sacred to Śrī-Vaiṣṇavas; on this tithi there is the marriage of Tulasī to Viṣṇu (SmK 366, 378, VR 384-86), vide also Bhīṣma-pañcaka vrata, there is Tulasīvivāha in Tamil and some other lands on 12th tithi; some observe Bodhana also on the 12th (KR 426), vide under Yogeśvara-dvādaśī; there is worship of Varāha avatāra (Var. 123. 8-11 q. by KKN 426) on this tithi; śu 13, vide Liṅgārcanavrata; śu. 14. on this there is Vaikuṇṭha-caturdaśī, which see, on K. 14 the Brah. says that the mistress of the house in former ages took a tasty morsel of food, offered it to a hawk, and asked it to take it to Durgā and that she in the present age is to eat first on this day and then the husband has to offer honour to his wife (KKN 425 quoting Brah. and KR 413-14); Kārtika Pūrṇimā was called Mahā-Kārtikī, if the Moon and Jupiter on that tithi are both in the Kṛttikā (Pleiades) nakṣatra or there is Rohiṇī nakṣatra on it; KKN 372, VKK 481, SmK 406, HV II. 181 (quotes Bhav U) to the effect that if in addition to the above the pūrṇimā falls on a Monday it is a very holy day, which occurs rarely (īdṛśī bahubhir varṣair bahupuṇyena labhyate). In the Sunao plates of Saṅgama-siṁha (in 292 of the Kalacūri era i. e. 541 A. D.) there is mention of a grant to several brāhmaṇas of Bharukaccha (modern Broach) made on this day (E. I. X. p. 72), also C I. I. Vol IV Nos 9, 11, 16, 17, 30 (five grants made on Kārtikī Pūrṇimā), vide HK 641, KR 430-431, NS 207 (for Mahākārtikī); on K. Full Moon also some celebrate Tulasī-vivāha (vide SmK 366); on K Pūrṇimā the Rathayātrā of Brahmā was celebrated (Pad. V. 17. 217-253), on the Full moon Bhav. prescribes the letting loose of a bull (SmK 390-406); on this pūrṇimā was celebrated Tripurotsava in the evening when illuminations were made with lamps in temples (NS 207, SmK 427); K. Kr. 4 vide Karaka-caturthī; K. Kr. 8 see Karakāṣṭamī; K. Kr. 12 worship of cows (HV I. 1180-1190, NS 196, SmK 367-368); on kṛ. 13 offering a lighted lamp to Yama outside the house, Kr. 14 and amāvāsyā (by the pūrṇimānta reckoning) vide under Narakacaturdaśī and Lakṣmī-pūjana above pp. 198-200 and KKV 423-424 On K amāvāsyā one who had not performed or could not perform pārvaṇa-śrāddha in pitṛ-pakṣa (Bh. dark fortnight) could perform it on K. amāvāsyā.