History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.273

v7.c89.273

It appears that nakṣatrasnāna was meant for all. For example, the Ātharvaṇa-pariśiṣṭa¹²⁹³ on nakṣatrakalpa (sec. 43 p. 22) states that a Vaiśya should undergo ceremonial bath on Rohiṇī, being decked with all seeds, while verse 6 of the same section maintains that a brāhmaṇa who undergoes Puṣyasnāna thrice with a thousand grains of red paddy and with a thousand mustard grains and with (twigs and leaves) of Sahasravīryā, Anantī plants and with Madayantī and Priyangu plants acquires as much fame as a king.