History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.199

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113a For a detailed and graphic description of the coronation of King Shivaji in 1674 A. D. vide ‘Shiva-chatrapatimahārāja-caritra’ by Malhar Ramrao Chitnis (ed. in 1882) pp. 120–125 (in Marathi). Shivaji's upanayana was performed on the 5th of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha; for seven days various rites went on; Vināyakaśānti, Grahaśānti, Aindrī and Paurandarī are said to have been performed and he was actually crowned on the 13th of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha. In Sambhājī-rāje-caritra by the same author (edited by Rao Bahadur K. N. Sane, 3rd ed. of 1915) at p. 8 there is a description of the coronation of Sambhājī, son of Shivaji.