History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.225

v6.c82.225

⁷⁶⁸ प्राजापत्यं च नक्षत्रं रोहिणीं शशिनः प्रियाम्। समाक्रम्य बुधस्तस्थौ प्रजानामशुभावहः ॥ कोसलानां च नक्षत्रं व्यक्तमिन्द्राग्निदैवतम् । आक्रम्याङ्गारकस्तस्थौ विशाखामपि चाम्बरे ॥ रामायण, युद्धकाण्ड 103. 30 and 33. The बालकाण्ड (5 5-6) states that the country of Kosala was situated on the Sarayū and Ayodhyā was its capital. रघु, the ancestor of राम, is called कोसलेन्द्र in रघुवंश IV. 70, vide also रघुवंश VII. 34. Acc. to बृहत्संहिता 14. 8-10, कोशल is the first country in the south-east, of which आश्लेषा, मघा and पूर्वा are presiding नक्षत्रs.