History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.394

v6.c81.394

It will be noticed that the main matters in the vrata are upavāsa, worship of Viṣṇu image, *jāgara*²⁷¹ at night with songs and music, pāraṇā on 12th and certain restrictions about looking at some persons or speaking to them and restraint of the senses The Brahma-vaivarta (IV 26 1-93) also contains the procedure of ekādaśī-vrata It will be noticed⁷² that in the procedure of ekādaśī there is no *homa*, though in some other vratas there is a homa