Note 1 — Chapter IX · ANIMAL WORSHIP.
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The cow:—is regarded as the holiest of animals. She is worshipped on the fourth day of the dark half of Shrāvan which is known as Bol Choth;1 and a vow is observed by women in her honour on the fifteenth day of Bhādarvā. It is known as Gautrad Vrat. On this day women do not eat wheat, milk, clarified butter and the whey of a cow.2