History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.398

v6.c81.398

²⁷³ सायमादास्तयोरह्नौ साय प्रातश्च मध्यमे। उपवासफल प्रेप्सुर्लङ्घयाद्भक्तचतुष्टयम्॥ का नि p 264 (ascribes to अङ्गिरस्), ए त p 29 (ascribes to महाभारत and reads प्रेप्सोर्धर्मार्थ), का वि p 498 (has the first half and reads the 2nd as धमार्थोपवासे कुवीत नैव भक्तचतुष्टयम्) All these works say that the word 'sāyam' is not to be taken literally but is only indicative and what is really intended is the giving up of four meals in three days