History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2076

v6.c81.2076

*Śarkarāsaptamī*—on Cai. śu. 7th tithi morning bath with water mixed with white sesame; draw on an altar a lotus and pericarp with saffron and offer on it dhūpa and flowers with words 'namaḥ Savitre', place a jar containing a gold piece covered with a plate containing sugar and offer worship with Paurāṇika mantra; drink pañcagavya and lie on the ground near the jar and recite inaudibly Saura hymn (Ṛg. I. 50); on 8th donate all the above materials and feed brāhmaṇas with sugar, ghee and pāyasa and himself partake of food without salt and oil; every month this procedure for a year; at year's end donate a furnished bedstead with sugar and gold, a cow and a house (if possible) and a golden lotus made with one to 1000 *niṣkas*; when Sun drank *amṛta* some drops fell down from which sprang rice, *mudga* and sugarcane (from which sugar is produced); tithivrata; Sun deity; this vrata removes sorrow and confers sons, long life and health; Mat. 77. 1–17 q. in KKV 214–217, HV I. 642–43 (from Pad. V. 21. 263–279), KR 157–159 (from Mat.), Bhav. U. 49. 1-18 has almost the same verses as Mat.