[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Propitiatory rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi) › [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt) › 2.3.8 # Shantikamalakara 2.3.8 English (machine translation) 2.3.8 - **Language:** English ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.3.8) For Budha, \[cooked\] sixty-day rice with milk; for Guru, one should give curd-rice; and for Śukra, ghee-rice. / The food offering for Śanaiścara, however, is mixed with sesame and black gram; / for Rāhu, black gram-rice; and for Ketu, one should give variegated rice. / In the Matsyapurāṇa, however: / "And for Kuja, one should give lentils"—so it is said. / Having made the offering of food, one should unweariedly perform the homa with oblations. / Any special detail here should be learned from the Dānakamalākara composed by me. / In the Matsyapurāṇa: / "Here the fragrance of incense should be sweet, and a canopy above. / For the presiding deities, \[an unguent\] with the fragrance of blue lotuses; and for all the world guardians, sandalwood unguent. / One should give lotus flowers and bdellium incense, / a lamp with cow's ghee, and an offering of ghee-rice." / In the Matsyapurāṇa: / "To the northeast of that, adorned with curd and unbroken rice grains, / endowed with mango sprouts, and accompanied by a fruit and a pair of cloths, - [Previous: 2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.3.7) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.4) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.2.3.8) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.3.8) · Pramāṇa