History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.265

v6.c81.265

The Tithitattva (pp 27-28) quotes a long passage specifying the loss a man suffers by eating fifteen specified things from the 1st to the 15th tithi respectively. The Nırnayasindhu (p 32) quotes verses from Muhūrta-dīpikā and Bhūpāla¹⁷⁷ (i e Bhoja) which specify the edibles and certain actions that are respectively to be given up on the tithis from the first to the 15th and on amāvāsyā On the other hand, Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (Brāhmaparva 16. 18-20) quoted by the Kalpataru on vrata p 35 specially recommends the eating of certain things on each of the 15 tithis from pratipad (the first) viz milk, flowers (on 2nd), anything except salt (on 3rd), sesame, milk, fruits, vegetables (on 7th and 8th), flour, food uncooked by fire, ghee (on 11th), pāyasa (rice boiled in milk), cow's urine, *yavas*, water in which *kuśas* have been dipped. The Vāmanapurāṇa¹⁷⁸ (14. 48-51) prescribes what actions should not be done on the groups of tithis called Nandā &c., on certain week days and on certain nakṣatras.