History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.241

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Balipratipadā, 201-207, see Govardhanapūjā, Bali addressed as future Indra 201, B. is also called Dyūtaprātipadā, 203; *Balirājya* extends over three days from 14th in Dīvalī, 204, cows, bulls and calves worshipped on this day, 204, Kārtika-śukla-pratipadā is so called 201, gifts made on bath on this day become inexhaustible and please Viṣṇu 202, king to offer worship to Bali with his ministers and his brothers, 201, king should arrange for dramatic spectacles about kṣatriyas, 201, Mantra addressed to Bali 201n, most important item on this day is the worship of Bali 201-202, Lakṣmī becomes stable by illuminations on this day, 204, long list of observances on this day, 204; Mārgapālī on, described, 205; Naivedya to Bali included wine and meat 201, ordinary people also should establish in their houses image of Bali with white rice grains and worship it with flowers and fruits, 201, people even now engage in gambling on this day in some places, 203, procedure of the worship of Bali, 201, proper time for worship of Bali, when pratipadā is mixed with Amāvāsyā or dvitīyā 202, Śiva was defeated on this day in dice-play by Pārvatī, so gambling recommended on this day, 203, story of Bali, narrated in several Purāṇas is ancient, long prior to Mahābhāṣya 202-203, 997, Vāmana thrust Bali into nether regions, gave him overlordship of Pātāla and made him the future Indra, 202, 203.