History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1524

v6.c81.1524

*Dhūpa*—incense (the burning of which is one of the upacāras); HV (I 50–51) quotes from Bhav. the names of several mixtures of incense such as Amṛta, Ananta, Yakṣadhūpa, Vijayadhūpa, Prājāpatya, while it speaks also of a dhūpa of ten parts KKV 13 gives the eight ingredients of a dhūpa called Vijaya Bhav. I. 68. 28–29 state that Vijaya is the best of dhūpas, jātī the best of flowers, saffron the best of scents, red sandalwood paste is the best of unguents, modaka the best of sweetmeats. These are quoted by KKV 182–183. Vide Gar. I 177. 88–89 for dhūpa destroying flies and fleas; KR 77–78, Sm C. I 203 and II. 435 for description of dhūpas. Kādambarī of Bāṇa (first part, para 52) mentions that in the temple of Caṇḍikā dhūpa consisting of plentiful *guggulu* was being burnt