History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2319

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2319

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v6.c81.2319

*Harivrata*—(1) a person should practise ekabhakta on Pūrṇimā and Amāvāsyā; he does not go to Hell; on those tithis he should worship Hari with 'puṇyāhavācana' and words like 'jaya'· he should feed one brāhmaṇa, bow to him and feed other brāhmaṇas and the blind, helpless and distressed persons; HV II. 373 (from Narasiṃhapurāṇa), KKV 389–390, for puṇyāhavācana, vide H of Dh vol II p. 216; (2) a person who gives up food on 12th tithi goes to heaven; HV I. 1172 (from Var).

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit