History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2131

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2131

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v6.c81.2131

*Ṣanmūrtivrata*—Begin worship of six seasons on śu. 6 of Cai. Ṛtuvrata; seasons deities, the six ṛtus are to be honoured respectively with fruits and flowers, astringent things (in Grīṣma), sweet ones in (rains), food and salt in Śarad, bitter and sour (in Hemanta), pungent things in (Śiśira); on each śu. 6th he fasts or subsists by nakta way and omits five rasas (taking only one appropriate to that season); for one year; HV II. 858-859 (from Vi Dh III. 156. 1-7)

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Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa — Sanskrit