History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2142

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*Saṅkaṣṭahara-gaṇapativrata*—on M kr. 4; tithivrata at moonrise; Gaṇeśa deity; VR (176-188) sets out a very elaborate procedure, in which Ṛg X 63 3, IV. 50. 6, the Puruṣasūkta (Ṛg. X 90), Nār and numerous Paurāṇika mantras are relied upon and 16 upacāras offered, Gaṇeśa is worshipped with 21 names and the same number of *dūrvā* tendrils, leaves of plants (such as *Bhṛṅgarāja*, *bilva*, badarī, dhattūra, śamī and flowers (red), there is also worship with 108 names of Gaṇapati; at end five modakas to be offered to the priest and dakṣiṇā; it is said that Vyāsa narrated this vrata to Yudhiṣṭhira. Saṅkaṣṭa appears to mean distress or calamity. 'Kaṣṭa' means 'kleśa' and the prefixing of 'sam' makes it a little more emphatic.