[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.c81.2016 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2016 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2016 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.2016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2016) \*Viśokasaṅkrānti\*—When on an Ayana day or Viṣuva day there is Vyatīpātayoga the performer should bathe in water mixed with \*tilas\* and observe ekabhakta; he should bathe a golden image of the Sun with pañcagavya and offer \*gandha\* and flowers, clothe it in two red garments and place it in a copper vessel and worship the Sun (image) from feet to head with different names of Sun, and offer arghya; one year; at end worship Sun, offer homa with mantras addressed to the Sun, donate twelve kapilā cows or one cow if poor; secures long life, health and prosperity; this is a saṅkrānti vrata; HV II. 742-743 (from Skanda) - [Previous: v6.c81.2015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2015) - [Next: v6.c81.2017](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2017) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (2) - [Hemādri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2016) · Pramāṇa