History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2266

v6.c81.2266

*Sudarśanaṣaṣṭhī*—A king or kṣatriya was to perform this, fast on 6th after drawing a maṇḍala with a lotus on the nave of a wheel, establish Sudarśana (discus of Viṣṇu) on the pericarp and the weapons of *lokapālas* on the petals and the performer's own arms in front and worship with red sandal-wood paste, mustard, red lotus, red garments &c and offer *naivedya* of food mixed with jaggery and of cakes and fruits and address mantras to Sudarśana for destroying one's enemies, for success in war and for protection of his army; worship of Viṣṇu's bow (Sārṅga), mace &c and of Garuḍa (Viṣṇu's vehicle); king to be placed on throne and a young woman to wave lights before him; the same procedure when an evil omen arises or on the nakṣatra of one's birth; HV I. 620-624 (from Garuḍa-purāṇa).