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.s1.443.1

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grain) with ghee to the moon on the day of the full moon, and warns against cutting a tree or chewing a tooth-brush on the day of the new moon, lest the Moon, P., and D. should be offended. Çri said that D. and P. fly away from that house in which vessels, etc., lie scattered, and in which women are beaten. Aṅgiras said that the offspring of that man increases who every night for a full year stands under a karañjaka tree with a lamp and the roots of the Suvarcala plant. Gārgya recommended, for example, that one should always repeat the names of the Puṣkara lakes; while the merit of even 100 sacrifices is exhausted, the merit resulting from the performance of the duties that he has mentioned becomes inexhaustible; a woman during her season or one whose mother is a leper must not assist at sacred rites, or D. will not eat the libations and P. not become gratified for thirteen years; at a çrāddha one should also recite the Bhārata. Dhaumya warned against broken utensils (which mean Kali himself), broken bedsteads (which mean loss of wealth), and trees in the house (under whose roots snakes and scorpions find shelter); when a cock or a dog is in sight, the gods do not eat the offerings made to them. Jamadagni said that a man whose heart is not pure is sure to go to hell, even if he performs a horse-sacrifice or 100 Vājapeyas; by giving only a prastha of powdered barley with a pure heart to a brahman, a very poor brahman attained to Brahmaloka (XIII, 127).