History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1714

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1714

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v6.c81.1714

*Buddhadvādaśī*—in Śr. śu 12; tithi; worship of golden image of Buddha with gandha &c; donate it to a brāhmaṇa; Śuddhodana did this vrata and so Viṣṇu himself was born to him as Buddha; KKV 331-332, HV I. 1037-1038 (as a Dharaṇī-vrata from Var.), KR 247-248. The printed Var. (47.1-24) which contains only the first half verse occurring in KKV and HV narrates the story of Nṛga In Var. 55. 37 reference is made to avatāras from Nṛsiṁha to Rāma and it proceeds 'namostu te Buddha Kalkin vareśa'. Vide Buddhapūrṇimā Vai. śu. 15 and Br. S. 57. 44 for directions as to image of Buddha.

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Linked texts (3)

Varāhapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit