History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1934

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1934

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v6.c81.1934

*Rohiṇyaṣṭamī*—the 8th of Bh. kṛ. when joined to Rohiṇī nakṣatra is called Jayantī, when 8th tithi extends at least a *kalā* before and after midnight that is the most holy time on which Lord Hari himself was born, fast on Jayantī and worship of Hari destroy the performer's sins for a hundred past lives; this Rohiṇīvrata is superior to a hundred Ekādaśīvratas; RM 1231-1255 (ABORI vol. 36 pp. 320-322), KR 258, VKK 298-304.

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Kṛtyaratnākara (Caṇḍeśvara) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit