History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.59

v3.c44.59

The procedure of *jīrṇoddhāra* is given at length in the Nirṇayasindhu, the Dharmasindhu and other works. Vṛddha-Hārīta IX. 409-415 also deals with re-consecration. Śaṅkha-Likhita quoted in the Vivāda-ratnākara and other works say that, when an image, a garden, a well, a bridge (over a moat or river), a flagstaff, a dam, a reservoir of water are breached, they should be repaired (or raised), re-consecrated and the person guilty of breach should be fined 800 paṇas.²⁰⁹⁸ When worship was stopped, some authors prescribed re-consecration, while others prescribed only prokṣaṇa as laid down in the Devapratiṣṭhā-tattva (p. 512) or Dharmasindhu (III pūrvārdha p. 334).