History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1522

v6.c81.1522

*Dhāraṇapāraṇa-vratodyāpana*—begin on 11th in Cāturmāsya or in the first month thereof or in the last month; upavāsa (dhāraṇa) in one month and pāraṇa (bhojana) in the next; worship of images of Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa placed on a jar full of water at night with pañcāmṛta, flowers, Tulasī leaves, japa of mantra 'om namo Nārāyaṇāya' 108 times; arghya; *homa* of boiled sesame and rice with Ṛg. X. 112. 9 and of boiled rice and ghee with Ṛg X. 155. 1; SmK 414–416, Vratārka 365a–366b.