[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.458 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.458 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.458 - **Language:** English ### [c7.458](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.458) Haṁsādhikā (female planet) affects the child on the fifth night. Yawning, breathing out alone and closing of fingers are the main symptoms of the attack. Bali with fish etc. should be offered to this planet, and the child smeared with a paste of goat-horn, roots of the vātyala plant, bark of pāchotti (Tilva) manayola and haritāla. Phalkārī (female planet) attacks the child on the sixth night. Startling, fainting, waking frequently from sleep and crying much, loss of appetite and turning the body round and round are the chief symptoms of the attack. In this case bali with fish etc. is called for. The child is also to be exposed to the fumes produced by the burning of dried tamarind, gulgulu, Kottam and elephant's tusk. - [Previous: c7.457](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.457) - [Next: c7.459](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.459) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.458](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.458) · Pramāṇa