Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c3.4

c3.4

1. *śyenaciti* or "hawk altar"² by one desiring heaven (*suvarga*);
2. *kaṅkaciti* or "heron altar" by one desiring a head in the other world;
3. *alajaciti* or "*alaja*-bird altar" with four furrows by one desiring support;
4. *praügaciti* or "triangle altar" by one desiring to repel his foes;
5. *ubhayataḥ praügaciti* or "triangle on both sides altar" by one desiring to repel both present and future foes;
6. *rathacakraciti* or "chariot-wheel altar" by one wishing to defeat his foes;
7. *droṇaciti* or "trough altar" by one desiring food;
8. *samūhyaciti*³ or "things to be gathered together altar" by one desiring cattle;
9. *paricāyyaciti*⁴ or "circle altar" by one desiring a village;
10. *śmaśānaciti*⁴ or "cemetery altar" by one desiring the world of the fathers (*pitṛloka*).