History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1407

v6.c81.1407

*Tulasī-vivāha*—on K. śu. 12; on 9th performer prepares golden image of Hari and Tulasī and worships for three days and then marries them; he secures the puṇya of kanyādāna; NS 204, VR 347–352, SmK 366. In the courtyard of every Hindu house, there is a *vṛndāvana* (a raised structure of bricks or stone on which Tulasī plant grows and women worship tulasī every evening with water, lamp, &c. Vṛndā, wife of Jālandhara, became Tulasī. Padma VI. (chap. 3–19) contains a lengthy story (of about 1050 verses) about Jālandhara and Vṛndā.