History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1345
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1345
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*Cāturmāsya-vrata*—Vide above pp. 122–123 and SM 150–152; various *niyamas* (restrictions on conduct and food) are undertaken such as giving up the use of oil and pungent substances, tāmbūla, of jaggery &c, giving up flesh, honey (or intoxicants). Vide HV II. 800–861 (there are some vratas here that are not exactly vratas of Cāturmāsya in the popular sense).