History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.485
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.485
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On the Full Moon day of Śrāvaṇa it is usual on the sea coast of western India (particularly in Konkan and Malabar) not only for Hindus, but also for Moslems and Parsis of the merchant class to go to the sea and offer flowers and a cocoanut to the sea. The sea becomes less rough and the violence of the monsoon winds abates after the Full Moon of Śrāvaṇa and the cocoanut is offered to the sea god (Varuṇa) in order that he may make sea voyage for vessels of merchandise safe