History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.745
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.745
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Hemādri also (on vrata, vol. I. pp. 856–862) contains the same vrata with a few variations. That vrata is entirely different from the Durgotsava described in the Kālikāpurāṇa. In the first place there is no reference in it to the killing of Mahiṣāsura. In the next place, that vrata is described as beginning from the 8th of Śrāvaṇa-śukla and going on for one year in each succeeding month on the 8th of the bright half. Feeding virgins and brāhmaṇas is mentioned in it also, but in each month the food offered to Devī and to the virgins is generally different.