Shantikamalakara 5.p19

5.p19

Mūla has nine stars; shaped like an animal; goose-colored; goose-colored; downward-facing; neuter; Nirṛti is its deity; sharp; demonic class; dog womb; its tree is the sarja; the bird is the pheasant; eating barnyard millet, one should go on a journey—some say sesame; at the end of twenty nāḍīs is the viṣaghaṭī; in the final portion, daytime death; one should perform marital intercourse, naming, first feeding of solid food, first-fruits offering, marriage, sowing of seeds, and collecting cattle; and one should perform fierce acts; one should not give away money, one should only receive it; it is void in Māgha; on Sunday, an astrological combination for death; on Tuesday with the sun, an excellent combination; when Sagittarius rises, the founding of a city [should be done]; if a red cloud is seen, rain falls on the eighth day; if there is a fever, death or doubt [of survival], or distress for ten days; fish, meat, liquor, and cakes are the food offering; worship with red aśoka flowers—in Hemādri, black chrysanthemum flowers; ram horn is the incense; the mantra is 'moṣaṇaḥ parāparā'—in Hemādri, 'brāhmaṇaḥ saravidānaḥ'; root tubers with ghee are the substance; having offered one hundred and eight times with the Sāvitrī [mantra], one should present a propitiatory offering of milk porridge with boiled rice to Nirṛti; at the sun's ingress, an increase in prices. || 19