History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1569
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1569
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v6.c81.1569
*Nāmadvādaśī*—begin on Mārg. śu 12; fast on that day; tithivrata; he should take one of the twelve names of Viṣṇu, viz. Nārāyaṇa in Mārg and P., Mādhava in M and so on up to Dāmodara in K.; donate at year's end a cow with calf, sandals, garments &c to twelve brāhmaṇas; goes to Viṣṇuloka, HV I. 1097-1101, KKV 347 (in prose and less elaborate).