Shantikamalakara 5.p25

5.p25

Pūrvābhādrapadā has two stars; female; facing downward; its deity is Aja Ekapād; fierce; human class; lion womb-source; mango tree; the letters are 'va' and 'śa'; the bird is a dove; having eaten jaggery, one should set out on a journey; the poisonous period is after sixteen nāḍīs; empty in the month of Āśvina; one should perform the gathering of cattle and the beginning of study; one should not give money away, one should only take it; on Tuesday it is Nāśayoga; in the last degree, the planting of betel vines and the like [should be done]; in the second degree at Venus's rising, digging wells and the like [should be done]; if a red cloud is seen, rain occurs on the eighth day; if there is fever, death occurs, or it is uncertain, with suffering for twenty-two days; yogurt and ghee are the food offering; worship with calotropis flowers; incense of all medicinal herbs; the mantra is 'śan no aja ekapāt'; pieces of ash gourd with ghee are the material; having offered one hundred and eight oblations with the Gāyatrī, one should offer a propitiatory offering to Aja Ekapād with fragrant unguents, garlands, and the like, and also to Indra and the others; if there is no propitiatory rite, death occurs; at the planetary transit, prices are moderate. 25.