History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1981

v6.c81.1981

*Vasuvrata*—(1) worship of the eight Vasus that are really forms of Vāsudeva on the 8th tithi with fast from Cai. śu. drawn in a circle or as images; at end donate a cow; secures wealth and crops and Vasuloka The eight Vasus are Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Āpaḥ, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa Vide Anuśāsana 150 16-17, Mat 5. 21, Brahmāṇḍa III. 3 21 for these. HV I. 848-49 (from Vi. Dh); (2) gift of a cow together with plenty of gold when it is about to be delivered and subsisting on milk alone that day; performer reaches the highest goal and is not born again; HV II. 885 (from Pad.) For the high importance of the gift of a cow in that condition (and called 'ubhayatomukhī') vide H. of Dh. vol. II. p. 879