History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1923

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1923

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v6.c81.1923

*Rūpasaṅkrānti*—on the day of Saṅkrānti the performer takes oil bath, places in a golden vessel ghee along with some gold and presents it to a brāhmaṇa, observes *ekabhakta* that day, a saṅkrāntivrata; reward is the same as a thousand Aśvamedhas and beauty, youth, long life, health and wealth, heaven, HV II. 734 (from Skanda)

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Hemādri
Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit