[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c43.153 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.153 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.153 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c43.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.153) 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.) - [Previous: v3.c43.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.152) - [Next: v3.c43.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.154) - [Up: v3.c43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43) ## Cites (2) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c43.153) · Pramāṇa