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268 VISH2VU. XC, 15.
//zapada (or Bhadrapada) the moon is seen in con-
junction with the lunar asterism U ttaraprosh/Zzapada
(or Uttarabhadrapada), and he gives a cow (to a Brah-
mazza) on that day, he is cleansed from every sin.
15. If on the full moon day of the month Asva-
yu^a (or Asvina) the moon is seen in conjunction
with the lunar asterism A^vini, and he gives a vessel
filled with clarified butter, and gold (to a Brahmazza)
on that day, he obtains an excellent digestive faculty.
16. If on the full moon day of the month
Karttika the moon enters the lunar asterism Kzzt-
tika, and he bestows on that day, at the time of
moonrise, upon a Brahmazza, a white bull, or one
of a different colour, together with all sorts of
grains, all sorts of jewels, and all sorts of perfumes,
after having lighted lamps on both sides (of the
bull), he will meet with no danger on perilous roads.
17. If on the third day of the bright half of the
month VaBakha he worships, after having fasted,
Vasudeva (Vishzzu) with (one thousand and eight,
or one hundred) unbroken grains (of barley, while
muttering the Mantra, Om namo bhagavate vasu-
devaya x), and offers up the same in fire, and gives
them (to a Brahmazza), he is purified from every
sin.
18. And whatever he gives on that day becomes
imperishable.
19. If on the twelfth day of the dark half fol-
lowing on the full moon day of the month Pausha,
he washes himself, after having kept a fast, with
sesamum-seeds, gives water mixed with sesamum
17. 1 See XLIX, 1, note.
19. This is evidently the ceremony which is called Sha/tiladana
//zapada (or Bhadrapada) the moon is seen in con-
junction with the lunar asterism U ttaraprosh/Zzapada
(or Uttarabhadrapada), and he gives a cow (to a Brah-
mazza) on that day, he is cleansed from every sin.
15. If on the full moon day of the month Asva-
yu^a (or Asvina) the moon is seen in conjunction
with the lunar asterism A^vini, and he gives a vessel
filled with clarified butter, and gold (to a Brahmazza)
on that day, he obtains an excellent digestive faculty.
16. If on the full moon day of the month
Karttika the moon enters the lunar asterism Kzzt-
tika, and he bestows on that day, at the time of
moonrise, upon a Brahmazza, a white bull, or one
of a different colour, together with all sorts of
grains, all sorts of jewels, and all sorts of perfumes,
after having lighted lamps on both sides (of the
bull), he will meet with no danger on perilous roads.
17. If on the third day of the bright half of the
month VaBakha he worships, after having fasted,
Vasudeva (Vishzzu) with (one thousand and eight,
or one hundred) unbroken grains (of barley, while
muttering the Mantra, Om namo bhagavate vasu-
devaya x), and offers up the same in fire, and gives
them (to a Brahmazza), he is purified from every
sin.
18. And whatever he gives on that day becomes
imperishable.
19. If on the twelfth day of the dark half fol-
lowing on the full moon day of the month Pausha,
he washes himself, after having kept a fast, with
sesamum-seeds, gives water mixed with sesamum
17. 1 See XLIX, 1, note.
19. This is evidently the ceremony which is called Sha/tiladana