History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2171
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2171
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*Ṣaṭ-tilā-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.