History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.137

v6.c81.137

Some works on vratas treat at great length the several upacāras, particularly flowers that should be offered to the various images worshipped, the consequences of offering those flowers, the various kinds of fragrant substances (*gandha*) to be offered or the incense to be burnt, the nature of the foods &c. Vide for example, Hemādri (on vrata) vol. I. pp. 49–51, Kṛtyaratnākara pp. 70–71, 77–79, Varṣakriyākaumudī pp 156–181. For reasons of space it is not possible to treat of these matters here. Besides, H. of Dh vol II. (pp 731–734) deals at some length with the unguents, the flowers, the lamps, the naivedya to be offered in the ordinary devapūjā. A few matters not mentioned there are set out here for the sake of completeness of treatment The Sm. C. I. p. 201 quotes the Padmapurāṇa⁸⁷ to the effect that sandal-wood is holy among unguents (gandha), agaru (Agalochum)