History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1349

v6.c81.1349

*Caitra*—for kṛtyas in, vide KR 83–144, KT 462–474, NS 81–90; special vratas are separately noted. Caitra śu. 1—vide pp. 82–84 above for beginning of year, Navarātra beginning pp. 154, 186 above; worship of Damanaka plant (HK 617); śu. 1 is *kalpādi* (SmK 87); *Jaladāna* for four months (KR 85); touching a *śvapāca* (a cāṇḍāla) and then bath (KKN 423, S Pr. folio 50a from Pad.), on śu 2, worship of Umā, Śiva and Agni; śu. 3 is Manvādi-tithi and Matsya-jayantī (NS 80–81), śu. 4, worship of Gaṇeśa with *Laḍḍukas* (PC 91); śu. 5 worship of Lakṣmī (KR 127, SmK 92) and *nāgas* (SmK 93), su. 6, see Skanda-ṣaṣṭhī, śu 7, worship of Sun with damanaka (SmK 94), śu 8 Bhavānī-yātrā (SmK 94) and bath in Brahmaputrā river (KR 126), śu. 9 Bhadrakālī-pūjā (KR 127), śu. 10 Dharmarājapūjā with damanaka (Smk 101), śu 11 Dolotsava of Kṛṣṇa and worship of sages with damanaka (KS 86, SmK 101); women worship Rukmiṇī, wife of Kṛṣṇa, and throw *pañcagavya* in all directions in the evening; KR 129 (from Brah.), śu. 12, Damanakotsava (SmK 101–103), su. 13 worship of Love god made with Campaka flowers or sandalwood paste (HK 637, KV 469); śu. 14 Nṛsiṁhadolotsava, worship of Ekavīrā and Bhairava and of Śiva with damanaka (SmK 104), Pūrṇimā-Manvādi and Hanumaj-jayantī and Vaiśākhasnānārambha (SmK 106); kṛ. 13 Vāruṇīyoga (KT 463, NS 89, SmK 107): If Cai kṛ 13 falls on Saturday and has Śatabhiṣak nakṣatra it is called Mahāvāruṇī; NS 89, KSS 2–3.