Note 555 — Chapter I
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A cessation of rains is also believed to be brought about by offering an oblation to the god Kasatia, and by the observance of the vow called Kasatia gānth (or tying the knot of Kasatia). The vow lasts for three weeks, and those who observe it do not partake of anything except rice555 (or, according to others, jirān, a kind of spice556).