History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.153

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The Matsya-purāṇa²⁰⁵⁸ in chap. 93 contains a detailed procedure of grahaśānti and chapter 94. (1-9) describes how the images of the nine planets are to be represented. Vide Vaik. IV. 13 and also Baud. gṛ. śeṣa-sūtra I. 16 for a similar treatment. In modern times the *dānas* (articles donated) to propitiate the nine planets are those stated in the Dharmasindhu ²⁰⁵⁹ quoted below. The S. R. M. (pp. 123-164) contains a long-drawn procedure of Grahamakha, a rite to propitiate the planets. A Grahamakha is either *nitya* (on Viṣuva day, *ayana* day, birth *nakṣatra*), *naimittika* (to be performed on such occasions as upanayana) and *kāmya* (for removal of adversity &c.)