Shantikamalakara 5.p23

5.p23

Dhaniṣṭhā has five stars, manifestly shaped, shaped like a mṛdaṅga drum; female; facing upward; its deity is the Vasus; movable; demonic class; lion womb-source; śamī tree; the letter is 'ma'; having eaten barley meal, one should set out on a journey; the poisonous period is after ten nāḍīs; auspicious rites such as copulation in season are as before; empty in the month of Āṣāḍha; on Tuesday it is Viṣayoga, according to some, Nāśayoga; on Saturday at Saturn's rising, one should build an orchard enclosure; in this ascendant, one should also engage in battle; at Mars's rising, one should conduct commerce, accumulate wealth, and engage in battle; in the first degree, death [occurs]; if a red cloud is seen, rain occurs on the twentieth day; if there is fever, suffering lasts for five days; milk porridge is the food offering; worship with a hundred or a thousand flowers; bdellium incense; the mantra is 'trāyantām iha devāḥ'; fuel sticks of bilva, udumbara, and aśvattha are the sacrificial material; having offered one hundred and eight oblations with the Gāyatrī, one should offer a propitiatory offering to the Vasus with mung beans mixed with ghee; beginning from the tenth day, he will be happy at the end of fifteen days, or at the end of thirteen months; at the planetary transit, prices are moderate. 23.