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चैत्रपवित्र (caitrapavitra)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
caitra-pavitra, caitra-pavitraka (EI 7, 18), name of a rite
(Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXVIII, p. 52)
caitra is the daman-āropaṇa
ceremony which takes place in the month of Caitra and pavitra
is the pavitr-āropaṇa ceremony which occurs in Śrāvaṇa
(Ind. Ant., Vol. XI, p. 274, notes 12-13)
cf. Kannaḍa caitra-
pavitr-ābhyāgat-ādi pūje gaḻgaṃ, translated as ‘for the caitra and
pavitra and the entertainment of guests and other rites’ (IA 30).