History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1765
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1765
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v6.c81.1765
*Bhaimi-ekādaśī*—when on M. śu. 11 there is Moon in Mṛgaśīrṣa-nakṣatra, one should observe fast and on 12th the performer should be *ṣaṭtili* i. e. he should bathe with water mixed with sesame, rub sesame paste on his body, offer sesame in fire, drink water mixed with sesame, make gift of sesame and eat them; if a person fasts on this ekādaśī called 'Bhīma-tithi' he reaches Viṣṇuloka; Ekādaśītattva p. 101, TT 113-114, VKK 504.