[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c81.1955 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1955 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1955 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.1955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1955) \*Liṅgavratas\*—in all these begin from K. śu. 14, worship Śiva; subsist by nakta way; make a liṅga with flour of rice grains as high as a \*ratni\* (distance from elbow to end of closed fist): cast over Linga a \*prastha\* of sesame; on Mārg. śu 14 smear linga with saffron paste, in this way every month for a year different substance for smearing, different dhūpa, naivedya &c; even one guilty of grave sins reaches Rudra-loka; HV II. 50-56 (from \*Kālottara\*) A linga may be made with holy ashes, dry cowdung balls, from sand or crystal, the best being from clay on the mountains whence Narmadā flows - [Previous: v6.c81.1954](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1954) - [Next: v6.c81.1956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1956) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (1) - [Hemādri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1955) · Pramāṇa