History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2208
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2208
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*Saptasundarahā-vrata*—worship of Pārvatī under seven names, *viz.* Kumudā, Mādhavī, Gaurī, Bhavānī, Pārvatī, Umā, Ambikā; dinner for seven days for seven maidens (about 8 years old); every day one of the 7 names to be used in the form ‘may goddess Kumudā be pleased’ and so on for six days; on the 7th all seven to be invoked and honoured with gandha &c and tāmbūla, vermilion and cocoanut; after worship a mirror should be presented before each of the seven; this secures beauty, saubhāgya and destroys sins; HV II. 886-87 (from Bhav. U).