History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2101
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2101
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*Śītalāṣṭamī*—on Cai. kṛ 8th; worship of Śītalā (popularly deemed to be goddess of small-pox) for relief against smallpox; offer to Śītalā eight lamps fed with ghee day and night and sprinkle cow's milk and cold water made fragrant with uśīra (fragrant roots of a plant); donate an ass, broom, and winnowing basket separately; KT 462, AK folio 558a-561a; ass is the vāhana of Sītalā, she is represented as naked, has a broom and jar in her hands and a winnowing basket on her head. Vide Forbes' Rasmala, vol II pp. 322-325 about Śītalādevī and A C. Sen's 'Bengali language and Literature' for Śītalā-maṅgala (poems in honour of Śītalā) pp. 365-367.