History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2000

v6.c81.2000

Vijayā—the name is given to several tithis e. g. śu. 7 falling on Sunday is so called (Bhav. U. 43 2, VKK 9, HK 625, PC 105); vide also entry Vijayavidhi; the Garuda (I 136. 1–2) notes that dvādaśī or ekādaśī joined to Śravaṇa-nakṣatra is so called; KKV 349, KR 287–291. Vijayā-saptamī occurs in E. I. III. 53–56 and I. A vol. 25 p. 345, Torkhede grant of Rāṣṭrakūṭa king Govinda, dated in śake 735 current (813 AD) Pauṣa. VKK 36 states that if Vijayā-saptamī has the Sun in Hasta it is called 'mahā-mahā'; śu. Ekādaśī when it has Punarvasu nakṣatra is called Vijayā; HK 633 quoting Vi. Dh.