History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1168

v7.c99.1168

Kings (vide under Maṅgala, Āndhra, Puṣyasnāna, Sātavāhana, officials); nakṣatras on which the king should not get himself shaved 533n, not affected by āśauca while performing royal duties 48; not to donate the whole kingdom in Viśvajit sacrifice, 1313; office of, hereditary 1664; procedure of coronation of K. with Paurāṇika mantras prescribed in Agni and Viṣṇudharmottara and in medieval digests like Nītimayūkha 923, Puṣyasnāna for, had Paurāṇik mantras 1024, rise and fall of, depended on planets acc. to Yāj. 544, set free prisoners when the king's nakṣatra was affected by evil aspects 531n; should perform all religious acts as directed by the purohita 543, 742, sign of success is the ease or satisfaction of the king's mind 778; starting on expedition should see, hear and touch maṅgala objects and listen to recitations of Veda, Dharmaśāstra, epics 621, 778, time table for king's daily routine acc to Kauṭilya 819, when the nakṣatra of the king's coronation or of his caste or the nakṣatra of his country is affected by evil planets or aspects what is to be the forecast 530; when eclipse inauspicious to king, 765, 1639 (office of king hereditary and king deemed to be a divinity).