[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.c81.2015 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2015 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2015 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.2015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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 - [Previous: v6.c81.2014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2014) - [Next: v6.c81.2016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2016) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (3) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Hemādri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2015) · Pramāṇa