History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1237

v6.c81.1237

*Kukkuṭī-markaṭīvrata*—on Bh. śu 7, tithi; for one year on each saptamī, whether of bright or dark half; on 8th dinner to brāhmaṇas consisting of sesame cake and rice and jaggery, worship of Śiva with Ambikā drawn in a circle, described at length in Bhav U. 36. 1-43; TT 37 (calls it Kukkuṭīvrata), the performer has to wear for life a doraka (band of threads with filigree of gold or silver) on his arm, the story of a queen and the wife of her husband's purohita who became a markaṭī (the monkey) and kukkuṭī (hen) because they forgot to wear the doraka is narrated by Kṛṣṇa to Yudhiṣṭhira; VKK 319 (quoting Bhav.), GK 85.