History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.298

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A general rule is stated in some works that when the full moon which is in the lunar mansion that gives the name to a month is in conjunction with Jupiter that tithi has the word *mahā* prefixed to it. For example, the Paurṇimā of Kārtika would be called Mahākārtikī if the Moon and Jupiter are both in the Kṛttikās (Pleiades) on that tithi. The Rājamārtāṇḍa and Bhaviṣyapurāṇa provide that a bath on the Mahācaitrī and (on the remaining eleven paurṇimās with prefix *mahā*) in certain holy places yields great rewards, viz bath at Prayāga on Mahāmāghī, on Mahāphālgunī in the Naimiṣa forest, on Mahācaitrī at Śālagrāma, on Mahāvaiśākhī at Mahādvāra, on Mahājyaiṣṭhī at Puruṣottama, on Mahāṣāḍhī at Kanakhala, on Mahāśrāvaṇī at Kedāra, on Mahābhādrī at Badarī, on Mahāśvinī at Kubjāmra, on Mahākārtikī at Puṣkara, on Mahāmārgaśīrṣī at Kānyakubja, on Mahāpauṣī at Ayodhyā.²⁰³