hindu-devotional-texts/src/kathas/ahoi-ashtami/samagri.ts

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import type { SamagriItem, KathaParagraph } from '../../types.js'

export const intro: KathaParagraph = {
  english:
    'The following items are gathered for the Ahoi Ashtami Vrat puja, kept in the evening for the well-being of one\'s children. This list covers what is needed especially for the vrat, and not the items of everyday worship.',
}

export const items: SamagriItem[] = [
  {
    english:
      'An image of Goddess Ahoi for the wall — drawn with eight corners (for the Ashtami), with the syahu (porcupine) and her young beside her — or a printed image of Ahoi Mata',
  },
  { english: 'A kalash filled with water, with an earthen lid' },
  { english: 'A small earthen karwa, set upon the kalash' },
  { english: 'Seven grass-shoots (sarai seenka)' },
  { english: 'Akshat (rice), roli, and milk for the offering', hindi: 'अक्षत, रोली' },
  { english: 'Eight puris, eight pua, and halwa to offer' },
  { english: 'A silver Ahoi — the syahu mala — with two silver beads, where a household keeps one' },
  { english: 'A ghee lamp (diya) and incense (dhoop or agarbatti)' },
  { english: 'A copy of the Shri Ahoi Ashtami Vrat Katha' },
]