History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1260

v6.c81.1260

*Koṭihoma*—Mat (93 5-6) says that the Navagrahahoma is called Ayutahoma since the āhutis therein number ten thousand, another variety being Lakṣahoma and a third being Koṭihoma. Navagraha-makha is a śānti for averting evil omens or planetary influences Mat 93 describes all the three Vide Nṛsiṁha-purāṇa 35, Br S 45 6 (which prescribes Koṭihoma against *divya utpātas*) and Harṣacarita V. where it is referred to as being performed when Prabhākaravardhana was on his death-bed.