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Aṅka means the ninth. Nidhana means the seventh asterism. > In the Pṛthvīcandrodaya, quoting the Viṣṇudharmottara: > “Whatever lunar mansion Rāhu enters to eclipse the moon or sun, affliction will befall those born thereunder who are destitute of a propitiatory rite.” > Likewise in another Purāṇa: > “At the solar transit, or during an eclipse of the moon or sun, whoever has it fall in their threefold natal lunar mansion incurs disease or death. / One should perform for him gifts, fire oblations, worship of deities, and recitation, / as well as a consecratory sprinkling on account of an eclipse; then peace will prevail. / Having made an image of a serpent out of gold or flour, / one should give it to a brāhmaṇa; then no disease or the like caused by it will affect him.” The natal, tenth, and nineteenth asterisms are the ‘threefold natal asterisms’. All \[this applies\] to Rāhu, whose form is of that shape. > Bhārgava in the Adbhutasāgara: > “In whichever king's asterism Rāhu appears, / there one should predict the destruction of the kingdom, the loss of friends, and death.” > ‘Of the kingdom’ means of the asterism of royal consecration, as stated in the Bhārgavārcanadīpikā. > In the Jyotiḥsāgara: > “One should have a golden serpent made weighing one pala, half a pala, or half of that, / or half of that, or half of that, or half of that; in its hood one should place a pearl. / Placing it in a copper vessel, especially one filled with ghee, / or in a bell-metal vessel or a vessel of magnetic iron, one should give it with a dakṣiṇā. / In a lunar eclipse, one should give a silver disc with a dakṣiṇā; / a golden serpent and a golden disc in a solar eclipse; \[along with\] a horse, chariot, cow, land, sesame seeds, ghee, and gold.” > In the Kālaviveka: > “A golden serpent, a bell-metal vessel filled with sesame seeds, / accompanied by a dakṣiṇā and new garments, one should present to a brāhmaṇa. / Having made a disc of gold or silver according to one's means, / one should dedicate it to a brāhmaṇa to destroy the suffering born of the eclipse.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p26) - [Next: 6.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p28) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.6.p27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.6.p27) · Pramāṇa