History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2185

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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.