History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.566

v6.c82.566

It is stated in the Rājamārtanda verse 887 (quoted in note 961) that the same astrological conditions are required in the case of the first entrance in a newly built house as in commencing to build a house. Vide Rājamārtanda (folio 57 verses 900-908), Ratnamālā XVIII. 1-11, Jyotistattva pp 670-71, Muhūrtacintāmaṇi XIII, Nirnayasindhu p. 366 for rules about gṛha-praveśa (first entrance into house). The Rājamārtanda says that⁹⁶² first entrance into a newly built house should be made on the naksatras Revatī, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣak, Rohiṇī, the three Uttarās, on an auspicious week-day, when the moon is not weak, on a tithi other than *rīktā* He should enter the house on the floor of which plenty of flowers are strewn, which has good ornamental arches, which is adorned with jars filled with water, in which the gods have been worshipped with sandalwood paste, flowers and offerings and which rings with the recitation of (the Vedas by) brāhmaṇas