History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1227

v6.c81.1227

*Kārtikī-pūrṇimāvrata*—K. śu. 15; tithi; the full Moon tithis in Vai., K., M. were highly honoured, and one should not allow them to pass without bath and donations; bath at holy places on those days is commended and gifts also according to monetary ability. The pre-eminent tīrtha on K. Full Moon is Puṣkara, in Vai. Ujjayinī and in M. Vārāṇasī. Gifts were to be made on these days not only to brāhmaṇas, but also to one's sister, sister's son, father's sister's son, maternal uncle and to poor relatives In the Rāmāyaṇa Bharata took a *śapatha* (oath) before Kausalyā "if my elder brother went to the forest with my consent, may the Full Moon tithis of Vai, K, M, honoured even by gods, pass in my case without gifts"; HV II. 137-171 (quoting Bhav U) contains (on p. 170) this oath of Bharata. This verse about Full Moon of Vai. &c. does not occur in several editions of the Rāmāyaṇa though several other verses ending in 'Yasyāryonumate gataḥ' occur in Ayodhyākāṇḍa 75.