History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1861
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1861
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v6.c81.1861
*Māsaṛkṣapaurṇamāsī-vrata*—Begin on K. su 15th, performer to subsist by *nakta* way, on a circle made with salt and pasted with sandalwood paste, he should worship the Moon along with ten nakṣatras i. e in K when combined with Kṛttikā and Rohiṇī, in Mārg with Mṛgaśiras and Ārdrā and so on up to Āsv., women whose husbands are alive should be honoured by giving them jaggery, rich food, ghee, milk &c; then he should himself eat *haviṣya* food, at end he should donate garment coloured with gold; V. Dh. III. 192 1-15, NM p 47 (verses 573-579).