History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.214.4

v6.c82.214.4

A nakṣatra⁷⁶⁶ is said to be affected (*upahata*) when the Sun or Saturn occupies it or when Mars is retrograde in it or occults it or an eclipse (of the Sun or Moon) occurs in it or a meteor strikes it or when the moon continuously affects it (by occulting or occupying its middle or goes to the southern part of it). The Viṣṇudharmottara (I. 89. 1–13), Yogayātrā IX. 13–18, and Parāśara (quoted by the Adbhutasāgara pp. 271–274) prescribe certain *śānti* rites for averting the evil effects of the above noted nine nakṣatras being affected.⁷⁶⁷