History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.504
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.504
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Two discordant notes are struck by the Varāha-purāṇa and by the Harivaṁśa The former says³³⁹ that Kṛṣṇa was born on 12th of Āṣāḍha bright half. According to the Harivaṁśa q by Hemādri and Jīmūtavāhana, the nakṣatra was Abhijit when Kṛṣṇa was born and the muhūrta was *vijaya*³⁴⁰. It is quite possible that these two represent some older traditions about the date of the birth of Kṛṣṇa