History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2226

v6.c81.2226

*Sarvaphalatyāga*—begin on 3rd, 8th, 12th or 14th of Mārg. śu. or of other months; dinner of *pāyasa* to brāhmaṇas; he should give up one out of 18 dhānyas and all fruits and bulbous roots for a year except when medicines are required to be taken; he should get made golden images of Rudra with his bull and of Dharmarāja (Yama); he should make golden, silver and copper sixteen figures, each group representing big fruits (like jack fruit &c.), smaller fruits (like *udumbara*, cocoanut) and bulbous roots (like sūraṇa-kanda); place two jars full of water on a heap of grains, a bedstead should be got ready; all these to be donated with a cow to a householder brāhmaṇa; he should pray 'may I reap inexhaustible rewards'; Mat. 96. 1-25.