History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2128
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2128
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*Ṣaṭ-tīlā-dvādaśī*—on Phā kr. 12th when there is Śravaṇa-nakṣatra worship gods with sesame, perform homa with sesame, light lamps with sesame oil in temples, donate sesame, offer water mixed with sesame to pitṛs and eat sesame. Viṣṇu is said to have observed fast on this tithi and offered sesame and piṇḍas to his ancestors. KR 519.