History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.449

v6.c81.449

Some of the purāṇas (such as Brahmavaivarta) specially mention eight kinds of dvādaśīs viz. Unmīlanī, Vañjulī, Trisprśā, Pakṣavardhinī, Jayā, Vijayā, Jayantī and Pāpanāśinī. Vide Hemādri on Kāla pp. 260-263, H. (on vrata) vol. I. p 1214, N. S. 43, Sm. K 250-254. Detailed descriptions of these are passed over here. Jayā,³⁰⁸ Vijayā, Jayantī and Pāpanāśinī are dvādaśīs respectively having Punarvasu, Śravaṇa, Rohiṇī, Puṣya nakṣatras. Trisprśā is³⁰⁹ dvādaśī which spreads over three days i. e. it exists before sunrise on a certain day, then on the whole of the next day from sunrise and for some time (however short) after the latter. On these fast should be observed by those desirous of destruction of sins and attainment of *mokṣa*.