Atasī

Atasī

Grammar: feminine noun.

Meaning: a material given in dāna (a sacred gift).

In the scriptures: the Madhyama Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa gives the śānti for Rāhu: ten thousand āhutis on a Sunday, and in dāna to a brāhmaṇa a milch kapilā cow, atasī, tila, a śaṅkha and a pair of cloths, with the Vāruṇa-homa. By this all faults and pāpas are destroyed (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapter 20).

Related terms: Tila · Dāna · Homa

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapter 20