History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1816

v7.c99.1816

*Puraścaraṇa* (of a mantra); 1107-1112; (vide under 'Mantra'); five are minimum constituents of P. viz pūjā, japa, tarpaṇa, homa, dınner to brāhmanas, 1107n-9; mantra to be repeated 1008, 108 or 10 or 108, 28 or 8 times, if any one of five constituents cannot be carried out, japa of mantra twice as many times as prescribed or dınner to brāhmaṇas may be substituted, 1109, in P. mantra is to be repeated 8000 times, if no express direction about number, 1110; meaning of, 1107-8; places where P is to be practised 1110, signs that indicate perfection in mantra, 1111, terrible way to secure perfection in mantra in a single night by going to cemetery, securing the corpse of a cāṇḍāla, or one killed with a sword, or of a young warrior, wash it, worship it and Durgā—this being called Śavasādhanavidhı, 1109, various modes of P 1107-9, way of, suggested by Rāghavabhaṭṭa 1109