History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2253

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2253

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v6.c81.2253

*Sukalatyaprāptivrata*—for maidens, women with husbands living and widows; nakṣatravrata; Nārāyaṇa deity, a maiden should worship Jagannātha on three nakṣatras, viz. Uttarā, Uttarāṣāḍhā and Uttarā-bhādrapadā and should recite the name (Mādhava), should offer Priyangu and red flowers and use saffron as unguent, homa with honey and clarified butter with the words 'salutation to Mādhava'; she secures a fine husband. HV II. 628-630 (from Vi. Dh.); Śiva informs Pārvatī about this vrata

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Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa — Sanskrit