History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1557

v6.c81.1557

*Narasiṁhadvādaśī*—on 12th of Phā. kṛ.; fast on that day and worship of Narasiṁha image; a jar covered with white cloth is to be established and on it a golden or wooden or bamboo image was to be placed; gift of the image to a brāhmaṇa on that day; HV I. 1029-30 (quoting Var. 42. 1-7 and 14-16). The printed Var. provides that the vrata is to be performed in śukla-pakṣa, whereas in HV I. 1029 the kṛṣṇapakṣa is mentioned.