History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2015

v6.c81.2015

*Viśokaṣaṣṭhī*—on M śu 5th bath with black sesame and partake food made up of rice and sesame; then on 6th make a golden lotus and worship it as Sun with red *karavīra* flowers and two red garments and pray for freedom from sorrow (*śoka*); should drink cow's urine and then sleep; on 7th donations to guru and brāhmaṇas and partake of food without oil and salt, observe silence and listen to Purāṇa works; this should be done in both fortnights for one year; at end on M. śu. 7th donate a jar containing a golden lotus, a furnished bedstead and a *kapilā* cow; HV I. 600-602 (from Bhav. U. 38. 1-7); KKV (211-212) gives these very verses as Viśokasaptamī