Shantikamalakara 5.p17

5.p17

Anurādhā has six stars; its shape is a ring of wheels; male; facing horizontally; Mitra is its deity; godly class; deer womb; its tree is the vakula; its two birds are the cuckoo and the crow; its letters are 'ta', 'tha', and 'da'; at the end of twelve nāḍīs is the viṣaghaṭī; eating kusumbha, one should go on a journey; one should perform marital intercourse, simantonnayana, naming, first feeding of solid food, upanayana, beginning of education, śrāddha, sowing of seeds, and the like; it is void in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa; on Sunday, it forms an astrological combination for death—some consider it a mṛtyuyoga; on Wednesday, an amṛtayoga; on the tenth [lunar day], a fierce combination; in the third portion, daytime death; at that time, under Sagittarius ascendant and Mars amśa, gathering grain [is auspicious]; at that time there is victory in legal disputes; one should take earth for the marriage altar; if a cloud resembling a oleander flower is seen, rain falls on the third day; if there is a fever, there is distress for twenty-five days from that day, or ten days; the worship mantra is 'mitrasya carṣaṇī'; saffron unguent, lotus flower; milk porridge with ghee is the food offering, sandalwood the incense; elephant-foot yam is the principal substance for the fire oblation; having offered elephant-foot yam one hundred and eight times with the Sāvitrī [mantra], one should present a propitiatory offering of milk porridge with ghee, mung beans, and black gram to Mitra; beginning from the eighth day, up to the end of fifteen days, one will find relief; at the sun's ingress, the price is middling. || 17