History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1638
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1638
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*Putradavidhi*—Sunday when it falls on Rohiṇī or Hasta nakṣatra is called Putrada; fast on that day; worship of the Sun with flowers &c.; performer to sleep in front of Sun's image; he should mutter Mahāśvetā mantra (*Hrīṁ Krīṁ saḥ*); next day he should offer arghya with karavīra flowers and red candana to the Sun and to Sunday and perform *pārvaṇa śrāddha* and should eat the middle piṇḍa (out of three); KKV 15-16, HV II 524 (calls it Purā-putrada-vidhi). In HV it is not so elaborate as in KKV.