History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.396

v6.c81.396

Accretions gathered round this simple procedure It was laid down early enough that one engaged in upavāsavrata should miss four meals in three days, i e he should eat only once on the 10th in the noon, fast²⁷³ both times on 11th and on the 12th he should miss one meal The general rule is that the sankalpa for vratas is to be made in the morning, but as regards ekādaśī-vrata exceptions have been made in the digests. For example, it is said that the sankalpa²⁷⁴ about niyamas is to be made on the night of the 10th tithi If ekādaśī is mixed up with 10th, then sankalpa about fast is to be made at night,²⁷⁵ if daśamī extends beyond midnight and the ekādaśī becomes mixed with it, saṅkalpa is to be made the next day after noon Hemādri (on vrata vol I. p 1006) and Kālanirṇaya (p 268) provide that the image of Viṣṇu should be worshipped in a maṇḍapa decorated charmingly with flowers of various kinds It is provided in the Skanda²⁷⁶ that when a person breaks his fast on the 12th he should partake of the *naivedya* mixed with Tulasī (basil) leaves, since that destroys (the sins of) crores of murders