History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.832

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¹¹¹⁵ श्रवणाश्विधनिष्ठाद्र्रा-नागदैवतमस्तके। यद्यमा रविवारेण व्यतीपातः स उच्यते॥ वृद्धमनु q. by अपरार्क p. 426, हेमाद्रि (on काल) p 673, स्मृतिच II. 341 (without name), कालविवेक 364 (no names) The स्मृतिच holds that मस्तक means मृगशिरस्, while हेमाद्रि and कालविवेक take it to mean the first quarter and connect it with all the preceding nakṣatras. अग्निपुराण 209 13 is almost the same as वृद्धमनु