History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.288

v7.c91.288

Certain verses from the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (24. 5, 23-33 or chap. 27 and 21-31 in Banerji's ed.) are quoted by R. N. P. pp. 30-31 (about the duties of kings and their acting in the peculiar ways of five gods, viz. Indra, Sūrya, Yama, Soma and Vāyu). The Dāyabhāga quotes the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa for pointing out that *sāpiṇḍya* in the matter of inheritance and succession is different from sāpiṇḍya for the periods of aśauca (impurity on death¹⁶³⁴). The Kṛtyakalpataru on Rājadharma (pp. 182-183) quotes a passage from Skandapurāṇa on the festival of Kaumudīmahotsava to be celebrated by the king. The same passage is quoted by R. N. P. pp. 419-421.