History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2008

v6.c81.2008

*Vidhānasaptamī*—tithi vrata; Sun deity; a man should begin on M. śu. 7 and subsist on one of the twelve things alone in order on the 7th tithis of the twelve months from M. viz the tips of arka flower, pure cowdung, *marīca*, water, fruit, *mūla* (radish), nakta way, fast, ekabhakta, milk, taking in air, ghee; KV 419, VKK 37-38, TT 36-37, KT 459-460. VKK 38 distinguishes this from Ravivrata (which is to be observed on Sunday beginning from the first Sunday in M.).