History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2089

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2089

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v6.c81.2089

*Śivanakṣatra-puruṣavrata*—When there is Hasta nakṣatra on Phā śu., then this vrata may be resolved upon by one unable to fast; this is a nakṣatravrata, Śiva deity; worship of limbs of Śiva from feet to head with different names of Śiva in connection with Hasta (on which vrata begins) and the other 26 nakṣatras; subsist by nakta method but without oil and salt and make gifts on each nakta day of a *prastha* of rice grains with a vessel full of ghee; in pāraṇā donate golden images of Śiva and Umā and a bedstead with all appurtenances. HV II. 703-706 (from Vi. Dh.)

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Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa — Sanskrit