akṣayatṛtīyā

akṣayatṛtīyā f. (-yā) The third day of the lunar half of the month Vaiśākha. (April-May.)

E. akṣaya durable, and tṛtīyā the third day: the consequences of meritorious actions performed on this day being permanent, as it is the first day of the Satya Yuga or the anniversary of creation.

a-kṣaya-tṛtīyā (yā) 1. f. A particu-
lar lunar day in April-May.

akṣayatṛtīyā Karmadh. f. (-yā) A Hindu festival: the third

day of the lunar half of the month Vaiśākha (April-May).

E. akṣaya durable, and tṛtīyā the third day: the conse-

quences of meritorious actions performed on this day being

permanent, as it is the first day of the Satya Yuga or the

anniversary of creation.

a-kṣaya—tṛtīyā f. N. of a festival (the third day of the bright half of Vaiśākha, which is the first day of the Satya-yuga, and secures permanency to actions then performed).

akṣayatṛtīyā

f. (-yā) The third day of the lunar half of the month of
Vaiśākha. (April-May.)

E. akṣaya durable, and tṛtīyā the third
day: the consequences of meritorious actions performed on this
day being permanent, as it is the first day of the Satya Yuga or
the anniversary of creation.

akṣayatṛtīyā (akṣaya + tṛtīyā) f. der 3te Tag des zunehmenden Mondes im Monat Vaiśākha. Mit diesem Tage begann das Satyayuga, und fromme Handlungen, an diesem Tage vollbracht, bereiten unvergängliche (akṣaya) Belohnungen; eine Smṛti im ŚKDR.

akṣayatṛtīyā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 34,a,33 (Verz. d. B. H. 134,b). 41,a,4 284,b,5. 294,b,30.

akṣayatṛtīyā f. der dritte Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Monats Vaiśākha.

akṣayatṛtīyā strī karmma0 . vaiśākhaśuklapakṣatṛtīyāyām .
“vaiśākhe māsi rājendra! śuklapakṣe tṛtīyikā . akṣayā sā
tithiḥ proktā kṛttikārohiṇīyutā . tasyāṃ dānādikaṃ
sarvvamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtamiti” . “yā śuklā kuruśārdūla! vaiśākhe
māsi vai tithiḥ . tṛtīyā sākṣayā loke tridaśairabhivandi-
teti” ca bhaviṣyapurāṇam . “vaiśākhasya site pakṣe tṛtīyā'-
kṣayasaṃjñiteti” skandapurāṇam .

akṣayatṛtīyā strī, (akṣayā yā tṛtīyā tithiḥ .)
vaiśākhaśuklatṛtīyā . sā tu satyayugādyā . tatra
snānadānādāvakṣayaphalaṃ . iti . smutiḥ . yathā, —
“vaiśākhe māsi rājendra śuklapakṣe tṛtīyikā .
akṣayā sātithiḥ proktā kṛttikārohiṇīyutā ..
tasyāṃ dānādikaṃ puṇyamakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtaṃ” .
iti tithyāditattvaṃ .. * .. vivaraṇaṃ tu vaiśākha-
śabde draṣṭavyaṃ ..

Akṣayatṛtīyā (vratam) — the third day of Śuklapakṣa

of the month Vaiśākha. It is all the more important if Kṛt-

tikā happens to be the nakṣatra of that day. A prayer to

Janārdana on that day accompanied by fasting is equal to

performing the Rājasūya.

M. 65. 1-7.

akṣaya-tṛtīyā (EI 4, 23; CII 4; IA 18; BL), same as Vai-

śākha su-di 3; see akṣata-tṛtīyā.