History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.238

v6.c82.238

⁷⁷⁵ सर्वे ऋतवो विवाहस्य शैशिरौ मासौ परिहाप्योत्तमं च नैदाघम्। सर्वाणि पुण्योक्तानि नक्षत्राणि । 'इन्वकाभिः प्रयुज्यन्ते ते वरा प्रतिनन्दिताः । आप. गृ. I. 2. 12-13 and 16. The last is a gāthā quoted by the sūtrakāra as said by the commentator Haradatta. इन्वकाs are the stars resembling an arrow with which Rudra pierced the running Mṛga in the heavens. In the legend the arrow succeeded in piercing the Mṛga.