History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.575

v6.c82.575

In the Indian Antiquary vol. VI. p. 363 we find an inscription of Cālukya king Maṅgalīśa dated śake 500 (578-79 A.D.) recording the grant of a village named Lañjiśvara on the auspicious occasion of the establishment of an image of god Viṣṇu.965a Auspicious times were prescribed for wearing new garments for the first time The Nirnayasindhu quotes two verses⁹⁶⁶ 'It is desirable to put on new garments for the first time on nakṣatras of Aśvinī, the three Uttarās, Punarvasu, Puṣya, Revatī, Dhaniṣṭhā. The following are the consequences of wearing new garments for the first time on the week days from Sunday respectively, viz becoming worn out, constantly wet with water, sorrow, wealth, knowledge, meeting with one's dear ones, becoming dirty; the woman who wears new garments or new ornaments for the first time on Rohiṇī, Puṣya, Punarvasu, Uttarā-Phalgunī and takes a bath on Śatatārakā nakṣatra does not stay with her husband (i e. she leaves him) If a woman wears for the first time a garment dyed with *Kusumbha* (safflower) or ornaments of gold, precious stones, coral, glass, conch-shell on Revatī, Aśvinī, Dhaniṣṭhā, Hasta, Citrā, Svātī, Viśākhā, Anurādhā, that leads to male progeny, wealth and happiness, but if she puts on these on Rohiṇī, the three Uttarās, Punarvasu and Puṣya, that leads to the unhappiness of the husband.