History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.247

v7.c89.247

Some works prescribe a śānti on the delivery of a cow in the month of Bhādrapada, of a she-buffalo in Pauṣa and of a mare by day. The śānti is to be performed with 108 *āhutis* of ghee and sesame, the Asyavāmīya hymn (Rg. I. 164) and the mantra 'tad-Viṣṇoḥ' (Rg. I. 22. 20) are to be recited. It was supposed that if a she-buffalo was delivered in Māgha and on a Wednesday, or a mare in Śrāvaṇa by day or a cow while the Sun is in the Lion sign, that portends death of the¹²⁷⁸ owner in six months. It may be stated that in the author's boyhood such śāntis, particularly in the case of she-buffaloes, were performed. The Adbhutasāgara provides that the śānti should be performed on the 4th, 9th, 12th or 14th tithi, as these are declared to be auspicious tithis for adbhuta-śānti¹²⁷⁹