Kṛśara

Kṛśara

Grammar: masculine noun.

Meaning: a food; the printed gloss is khicaṛī.

In the scriptures: Śrī Kṛshṇa tells Yudhishṭhira the Nakshatra-dāna-vidhi that Nārada told Devakī, in the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa. On Ārdrā the dāna is kṛśara mixed with sesame, and it gives release from every saṃkaṭa (distress) (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 192).

Related terms: Dāna · Nakshatra

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 192