[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c81.1815 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1815 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1815 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.1815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1815) \*Mahājayāsaptamī\*—When the Sun enters a Zodiacal sign on śu. 7th that tithi is called Mahājayāsaptamī, bath, japa, homa, worship of gods and Manes yield rewards a crore of times, if the image of the sun is bathed on that tithi with ghee or milk, the man goes to Sūryaloka, if a man fasts on it he goes to heaven; KKV 135-136 = HV I. 669 (from Bhav. I. 199. 1-7) KKV is, as often, silent about the source. HK 414 quotes all these from Brah., TT 145 does the same. - [Previous: v6.c81.1814](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1814) - [Next: v6.c81.1816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1816) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (3) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Hemādri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1815) · Pramāṇa