History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1541

v6.c81.1541

*Nadīvrata*—(1) begin on Cāi. śu; for seven days he should subsist in the nakta method and worship the seven rivers Hrādinī (or Nalinī, v. l.), Hlādinī, Pāvanī, Sītā, Ikṣu, Sindhu, Bhāgīrathī; this to be continued for seven days in every month for a year; offer milk in water and make gifts of water pots filled with milk; at end of year donate to brāhmaṇas one *pala* of silver in Phā.; HV. II. 462 quoting Vi. Dh. III. 163 1-7; vide Mat 121 40-41, Vāyu 47. 38-39 for the seven streams of the Ganges; (2) HV I. 792 (quoting one verse from Vi Dh.); by worshipping Sarasvatī one secures seven kinds of knowledge.