History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1857

v6.c81.1857

*Mārtaṇḍasaptamī*—begin on P śu. 7; fast on that day, worship of the Sun and muttering the word ‘Mārtaṇḍa’; performer to partake for purifying himself of cow's urine or dung or curds or milk; on next day worship of the Sun under the name ‘Ravi’; in this way for a year he should proceed for two days each month and give grass and the like for feeding a cow one day; he reaches the world of the Sun; Bhav. I. 109. 1–13 q by HV I 754–55, KKN 147–148.