An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.435.6

c5.s1.435.6

a brahman should perform [the ācamana] (samupasprçet) in all the purificatory acts with the Brāhma tīrtha (v. 5066); one should never perform any act in honour of P. in the night-time (v. 5075); one should wash his head before performing any act in honour of P. or gods (v. 5081); one should never perform [a çrāddha] under the constellation of one’s nativity, nor under the two Proṣṭhapadas, nor under Āgneya (i.e. Kṛttikāḥ, Nil.), nor under fierce [nakṣatras, such as Āçleṣā, etc., PCR.], nor under those that are hostile (pratyarim), or those mentioned [i.e. forbidden] in the Jyotiṣa (v. 5082-3); a woman of the same pravara (samārṣām), etc., should be