History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.281

v5.c74.t2.281

[^1522 a]: It should be noted that *om* is to be recited before each verse intended as mantra here and below. [^1522 b]: The Tīr C. (pp 290-292) slightly differs. It does include Vāyu 110. 46 and treats the three verses (Vāyu 110 51-53) as one mantra. It is difficult to understand why the writers of digests did not say that the śrāddhaṣoḍaśī should be performed with only 18 mantras from out of the 21 or 22 verses with option to the reciter. Where the mantras exceed the number required, Jaimini X. 5 14 states 'अपूर्णासु तु सङ्ख्यासु विकल्प स्यात्सर्वांसामर्थवत्त्वात्.' Raghunandana reads the five verses (51-55) somewhat differently from the printed Vāyupurāṇa, though the sense is not much affected.