History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1559

v6.c81.1559

*Navanakṣatraśānti*—a propitiatory rite and worship of nine nakṣatras; the nakṣatra of a man's birth is called *Janana-nakṣatra*, the 4th, 10th, 16th, 20th, 23rd are respectively called Mānasa, Karma, Sāṅghātika, Samudāya and Vaināśika; an ordinary man has to consider these six nakṣatras, while a king has to consider three more, viz. the nakṣatra of coronation, the nakṣatra that rules over his country and the nakṣatra of his varṇa; if these nakṣatras are affected by evil influences of planets &c. evil results follow in the matters denoted by these six or nine, e. g. if *janana-nakṣatra* is affected he may lose his life and wealth, if the coronation nakṣatra is affected the king may lose his kingdom; appropriate rites and worship may avert or lessen evil effects e. g. in case of janana-nakṣatra he should bathe with water in which kuśas are dipped and in which the dung and urine of a white bull and white cow's milk are mixed;