[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c81.1237 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1237 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1237 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.1237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v6.c81.1236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1236) - [Next: v6.c81.1238](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1238) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (1) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1237) · Pramāṇa