History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1532

v6.c81.1532

*Nakṣatratithi-vāra-graha-yoga-vratāni*—HV II. 588-590 (from Kālottara) deals summarily with certain (about 16) special pūjās to be performed on the conjunction of certain nakṣatras with certain tithis and week-days. A few examples are given here. when on a Sunday there is 14th tithi and Revatī nakṣatra or when Aṣṭamī and Maghā-nakṣatra are joined, one should worship Śiva and partake of sesame food and this is Ādityavrata that yields health to the performer and his sons and relatives. When there is conjunction of Rohiṇī and the Moon on 14th tithi, or of Aṣṭamī and the Moon, that is Candravrata in which Śiva may be worshipped and *naivedya* of milk and curds be offered and one may subsist on milk and secure fame, health and prosperity. When Revatī, Thursday and 14th tithi or Aṣṭamī and Puṣya are joined, that is Guruvrata, on which one should subsist on the milk of a *kapilā* cow mixed with the fluid extracted from Brāhmī plants; the person becomes master of speech. The Viṣṇudharmasūtra (chap. 90. 1–15) deals with what is to be done when the Full Moon days of Mārga to K. are in conjunction with the nakṣatra which gives the name to the month and the rewards of the observances thereon; vide Dānasāgara pp. 622–626, where V. Dh. is quoted and explained.