History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2209

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*Samudra-vrata*—begin from Cai. śu. 1st, every day for seven days; worship with salt, milk, ghee, whey, wine mixed with water, sugarcane juice and sweet curds; performer to eat at night *havisya* food; homa with ghee, for a year, at end donate a milch cow, king becomes supreme on the whole earth, one secures also health, wealth and heaven HV II. 464-65 (from Vi. Dh. III. 160. 1-7). The oceans are sometimes said to be seven, as in Vāyu 49. 123, Kūrma I 45. 4, viz. of salt, sugarcane juice, wine, milk, ghee, curds and fresh water.