History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1517

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1517

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v6.c81.1517

*Dhānyasaṅkrānti-vrata*—begin on *ayana* day or *viṣuva* day; for a year; draw a lotus of eight petals with saffron; on each petal worship Sun from the east onwards under eight different names; he should donate one *prastha* of corn to a brāhmaṇa (hence called Dhānyasaṅkrānti), every month this to be repeated; HV II. 730-32 (from Skanda).

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Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Hemādri