History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.640

v6.c81.640

It is stated in the Skanda and Bhaviṣya⁴⁰⁵ purāṇas that the worship of Caṇḍikā in autumn (Āśvina) is of a threefold character; viz sāttvikī, rājasī and tāmasī, the sāttvikī worship is effected by *japa*, by offering *naivedya* in which there is no meat; and *japa* consists in reciting the texts of the purāṇas in which the greatness of Devī is described; rājasī worship is effected by offering a *bali* and with *naivedya* which contains flesh; that is tāmasī worship which is effected by the offerings of wine and meat and from which *japa* is absent and which is without mantras, this last is approved among Kirātas (i e. forest tribes and the like). Raghunandana adds⁴⁰⁶ in his Prāyaścittatattva that the offering of wine in Durgāpūjā relates to ages other than the Kali age (i e other than the present age).