Shantikamalakara 2.2

2.2

Thus ends the propitiatory rite for Vināyaka in the Śāntiratna composed by Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, son of Rāmakṛṣṇabhaṭṭa, son of the learned Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa.
Procedure for the Gift of an Elephant:
In Hemādri, from the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa:
“On the fourth tithi, having had a beautiful golden elephant made, of more than one pala in weight, accompanied by kuśa grass, one should place it upon a droṇa of sesame seeds. / Having worshipped it with garments and flowers, and having presented an offering of food, he should then give it to a brāhmaṇa, saying, ‘May Gaṇeśa be pleased!’ / In all his undertakings, no obstacle arises for him.” It is an alternative to this propitiatory rite for Vināyaka. “In seven births, rut-maddened elephants are born to him.” This is to be performed in Caitra, Śrāvaṇa, or Kārtika—so Hemādri.