History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1948

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1948

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v6.c81.1948

*Lalitāṣaṣṭhī*—mostly for women; on Bh. śu. 6 collect sand of a river in a new bamboo vessel, make five balls of that sand and worship Lalitādevī thereon with 28 or 108 flowers of various kinds and fruits and naivedya of several edibles; jāgara on that night with female friends without closing the eyes on 7th give all naivedya to a brāhmaṇa and feed maidens and five or ten brāhmaṇa house-wives and dismiss them with the words 'May Lalitā be pleased with me'; HV I. 617-620 (from Bhav. U 41. 1-18), VR 220-21 (remarks that it is well-known in Gurjaradeśa).

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Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Hemādri
Vratarāja (Viśvanātha Saṅgameśvara) — Viśvanātha Saṅgameśvara 1712, Sanskrit