History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.191

v4.c62.191

The Rājadhārmakaustubha gives the most elaborate description of coronation. First a śānti rite is performed, then on the next (2nd) day, a sacrifice to Īśāna (Rudra); on the 3rd day worship of the planets and other deities like waters, the earth, Nārāyaṇa, Indra &c. and the invocation of nakṣatras; on the 4th day a *yāga* for nakṣatras; on the 5th day at night a sacrifice to the goddess Nirṛti (a clay idol seated on an ass with dark vesture); on the sixth day Aindrī Śānti (propitiatory rite in honour of Indra); then the rites prescribed in the Viṣṇudharmottara purāṇa.