History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1802

v6.c81.1802

*Mandārasaṣṭhī*—on 6th of M. śu, on 5th the performer takes a light meal; on 6th he fasts and makes a prayer to the Mandāra tree; next day he should apply saffron to Mandāra (the coral tree) and prepare a lotus of eight petals on a copper vessel with dark sesame, and worship the sun with Mandāra flowers in the eight directions from the east under different names and worship Hari in the pericarp; for a year in each month on 7th śu. same procedure; at end donate a jar on which a golden image is placed; HV I. 606-608 (from Bhav U. 40. 1-15). Mandāra is one of the five trees of paradise, the others being Pārijātaka, Santāna, Kalpavṛkṣa and Haricandana