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=== Nakshatra ===
 
=== Nakshatra ===
Mahabharata Anushasana parva in Adhyaya 64 mentions the danas to be made on the 27 nakshatras starting from Krittika (विभिन्ननक्षत्रयोगेषु विभिन्नवस्तुदानमाहात्म्यम्). <blockquote>कृत्तिकासु महाभागे पायसेन ससर्पिषा। सन्तर्प्य ब्राह्मणान्साधूँल्लोकानाप्नोत्यनुत्तमान्॥ (Maha. Anusha. 64.5) </blockquote>Meaning : A person who offers sweet porridge (cooked with ghee) to brahmins on the day of Krittika nakshatra will attain heavenly worlds.
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Mahabharata Anushasana parva in Adhyaya 64<ref name=":2">Pt. Ramnarayandatt Shastri ''[https://archive.org/stream/Mahabharata04SanskritHindiPanditRamnarayanGitaPress/Mahabharata06_Sanskrit-hindi_panditRamnarayan_gitaPress#page/n291/mode/2up Mahabharata, Volume 2, Vanaparva and Virataparva.]'' Gorakhpur: Gita Press</ref> mentions the danas to be made on the 27 nakshatras starting from Krittika (विभिन्ननक्षत्रयोगेषु विभिन्नवस्तुदानमाहात्म्यम्). <blockquote>कृत्तिकासु महाभागे पायसेन ससर्पिषा। सन्तर्प्य ब्राह्मणान्साधूँल्लोकानाप्नोत्यनुत्तमान्॥ (Maha. Anusha. 64.5) </blockquote>Meaning : A person who offers sweet porridge (cooked with ghee) to brahmins on the day of Krittika nakshatra will attain heavenly worlds.
    
Similarly in Anushasana parva the whole adhyaya describes the various dana items and the rewards obtained for the same.
 
Similarly in Anushasana parva the whole adhyaya describes the various dana items and the rewards obtained for the same.

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