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- proper noun Hinduism Name of the second
month in Hindulunar calendar .
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One should on the day of the full moon of the month of Vaisakha, make gilts of sesame unto the
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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By observing a similar fast on the twelfth day of the month of Vaisakha and worshipping Krishna as the slayer of Madhu for the whole day and night, one attains to the merits of the Agnishtoma sacrifice and proceeds to the region of Soma.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The person, whether male or female, who passes the month of Vaisakha, confining himself or herself every day to one meal, and keeping his or her senses under control, succeeds in attaining to a position of eminence among kinsmen.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Six or seven le north-east from the Jetavana, mother Vaisakha (13) built another vihara, to which she invited Buddha and his monks, and which is still existing.
A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian
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But with the number of pilgrims that come to Puri each year, the temple and surrounding businesses also are benefitted with the extra financial income. egins two months before the festival day, on the third day of the bright fortnight of Vaisakha
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Vaisakha 15 to the accompaniment of recitations by Buddhist ascetics.] [Footnote 317: For notices of Kashmirian religion see Stein's translation of the Râjataranginî and Bühler, _Tour in Search of
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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