History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1842

v7.c99.1842

Pusyasnāna (or Bārhaspatyasnāna): (*vide* Nakṣatrasnāna) 793–797; all utpātas destroyed by Śānti in P. 793; Bṛhaspati is presiding deity of Puṣya 798; clay collected from several places such as mountain top and king's head and other limbs rubbed with it in P, 797–798; leaves of 15 plants to be cast in jars filled with water 795; Maṇḍala drawn with powders of different colours in, 1132; many Purāṇik mantras along with Vedic ones prescribed by the Matsya, Br. S. and Hemādri 795–96; part of lakṣahoma, acc. to Matsya 798; release of prisoners jailed for offences at the end of, 797; procedure of P. employed in the case of king's elephants and horses to free them from diseases, 797; proper time, procedure and duration for performing P. acc. to Viṣṇudharmottara 798–799, reward and results of P. 799.