Shantikamalakara 5.p18

5.p18

Jyeṣṭhā has three stars; female; shaped like an earring; facing horizontally; Indra is its deity; sharp; deer womb; its tree is the poison-tree; the bird is a cock; its letter is 'dha'; eating sesame seeds, one should go on a journey; at the end of fourteen nāḍīs is the viṣaghaṭī; some prescribe taking command of an army, śrāddha, and the sowing of winter rice; it is void in the month of Phālguna; on Sunday, an astrological combination for destruction; on Thursday and the first lunar day, a poison combination; on Monday under a Scorpio ascendant, one should dig wells and the like; if a cloud resembling a oleander flower is seen, rain falls on the tenth day; if there is a fever, death or doubt [of survival], or distress beginning from five days; diverse cooked rice is the food offering; worship with paṭolī flowers; camphor and agarwood incense; the mantra is 'indraṃ vaḥ'; tuber of elephant-foot yam with ghee is the oblational substance; having offered one hundred and eight times with the Sāvitrī [mantra], one should present a propitiatory offering with perfumes and flowers to Indra; if not pacified, death [occurs]—Āśvalāyana and Māṇḍavya say he goes to another destiny; at the sun's ingress, the price is low. || 18