History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.550

v6.c82.550

one should avoid vrata and yātrā for seven days thereafter; unseasonable rainfall does not create any defects to a king (starting on an invasion) if the ground is not (so muddy as to be) marked with the soiled footprints of men and beasts ⁹⁵² The Muhūrtacintāmaṇi says⁹⁵³ 'one (the king) should not start as long as the periods of upanayana rite, the establishment of an image, marriage, festivals (like *holikā*) and impurity (on birth or death) have not come to an end and for seven days after unseasonable flashes of lightning, clouds, fall of rain or snow'.