History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1883

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1883

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v6.c81.1883

*Yugādivrata*—The four yugas Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali started respectively on Vai śu 3, K. śu. 9, Bh. kr. 13 and M. amāvāsyā, fast, gifts, *tapas*, *japa* and homa on these produces results a crore of times more than ordinarily; on Vai. śu. 3 worship Nārāyaṇa and Lakṣmī and donate *lavaṇa-dhenu*; on K śu 9th worship Śiva and Umā and *tiladhenu* be donated; on Bh. kr. 13 honour the *pitṛs*; on M amāvāsyā worship Brahmā with Gāyatrī and donate *navanīta-dhenu*; all one's sins in thought, word and deed are rendered nugatory, HV II. 514-517 (from Bhav U)

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Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Hemādri