History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.202

v6.c82.202

From a passage in the ⁷⁵⁴ Bṛ. Up. it appears that certain nakṣatras were called male "if a man desires 'May I reach greatness' he should observe milk diet for twelve days beginning in the northward passage of the Sun, in the bright half of a month and on a favourable day he offers into the fire on a male nakṣatra &c."