History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.577

v7.c99.577

Dio, a Roman who wrote Roman History between 200–222 A. D., 677n. Diodorus Siculus 550. Dion Cassius 677. Dīpakalikā, com. on Yāj. Smṛti by Śūlapāni, 1404. Dīrghatamas, son of Mamatā 486. Disciple : among requirements about Tāntrik d. is the one that he must keep secret the mantra and pūjā imparted by guru, 1071; Tantras call upon d. to revolve in his mind the identity of guru, deity and mantra 1072. Diseases and bodily defects, deemed to be due to the sins of past lives 756n. Divākīrtya Day, 511. Divākīrtya Sāman, 511n Divālī Festival, 194–210; (see under Narakāsura, Lakṣmī-pūjana, Balī Pratipadā, Bhrātṛdvitīyā); Apāmārga to be whirled over one's head on 14th, 196; Amāvāsyā in D. important day 199; called Dīpāvalī or Dīpālikā and also Sukharātrī, Sukha-suptikā and Yakṣarātrī 194–195; festival comprises five items spread over five days with illuminations and crackers from 13th of dark half of Āśvina 195; Kārtika-śukla first is one of three most auspicious days in the year 201; Kārtika-śukla first if it has Svātinakṣatra is most commended 201; lights in temples of Viṣṇu, Śiva and other gods, in monasteries, rooms for implements, on caityas, stables, 196; not a festival in honour of a single god as Navarātra is, 194; oil bath necessary on all three days from 14th, 199; of lights, and fireworks, is most joyful of festivals and observed throughout India, though the observances differ in detail from age to age and from country to country 194; on evenings of 14th dark half and Amāvāsyā men with fire-brands show the way to *pitṛs* 198; origin of, not certain 207; rites on Amāvāsyā in, 199, rites performed on the 14th of dark half of Āśvina (or Kārtika according to pūrṇimānta reckoning), 196, 198; second *tithi* of Kārtika-śukla is called Bhrātṛdvitīyā 207, *tarpaṇa* on 14th of Yama with seven names or 14 names, 196 and n; three days, viz. 14th, Amāvāsyā and Kārtika śukla first constitute Kaumudī festival 195, 206; usage of eating 14 kinds of vegetables on 14th in Divālī 198. Divanji, P. C, editor of ‘Yogayājñavalkya’ 1404. Divination- (*vide* Future, Hepatoscopy, Astrology, Upaśruti): by using Purāṇas, Rāmāyaṇa and works of Tulsidas at random 811-2, is either voluntary or involuntary 522n, instances of voluntary d. 522n; involuntary d. depends on all kinds of phenomena, such as aspects of the sun and planets, lightning, dreams flight and cries of birds 522n, method of asking a maiden to cast dūrvā grass inside a purāna like Skanda or Rāmāyaṇa and apply the words discovered to matter in hand 811, seat of life and the soul was supposed to be the liver in the western countries such as Rome and among Romans, heart and lungs of animals sacrificed were examined, 522n, temple priests in Babylon and Assyria made extensive collections of omens and portents, but the interpretations were almost exclusively concerned with general welfare or the king 522n