History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1538

v6.c81.1538

*Nakṣatrahomavidhi*—HV (II. 684-688) quotes Garga in prose for the procedure of offering worship and *homa* to 27 nakṣatras from Aśvinī to Revatī detailing how many days an illness or danger will last, the deity to be worshipped, the flowers, naivedya, dhūpa, the tree of which fuel sticks are to be offered to Agni, the pūjā mantra, the main material to be offered into fire. One illustrative example is given here. In the case of Rohiṇī, eight days, Prajāpati is devatā, the naivedya is rice boiled in milk, lotus flowers, dhūpa is the one extracted from the Sarala tree (a kind of pine), the pūjā mantra is 'namo brahmaṇe' (Tai Ār. II. 13, quoted in H. of Dh. II. p. 703 n 681); all dhānyas may be offered in fire. The āhutis are to be 108; the reward is ārogya (health).