[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c92.211 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.211 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.211 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.211) ¹⁷⁹⁹ Puraścaraṇa of a mantra has several constituent elements viz. dhyāna (meditation on the form of the deity to be worshipped), worship, japa of the mantra, homa, tarpaṇa, abhiṣeka and feeding brāhmaṇas In a brief puraścaraṇa the first three alone are included Tarpaṇa means satiating with water the deity and the pitṛs - [Previous: v7.c92.210](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.210) - [Next: v7.c92.212](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.212) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.211](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.211) · Pramāṇa