History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2042

v6.c81.2042

*Vṛṣabhavrata*—(1) fast on 7th śu., on 8th gift of a bull covered with two white garments and decked with ornaments (bell &c); tithivrata, Śiva deity, the performer reaches Śivaloka and thereafter becomes king, HD I. 882 (from Bhav U ); (2) worship of bulls on Jy. Amāvāsyā, manufacture wooden bulls the previous day and establish them in one's own house and worship with *gandha* &c, prayer to bulls calling them Dharma. Dharma is often spoken of as *vṛṣa* as in Manu VIII. 16 (= Śāntiparva 90 15.