Commencement rite and the first line

Prāṇa relevance

Sources

• txt-brihat-samhita53.97–103Classical✓ verifiedrite conditions and line-effects table

Other attributes

Rule Class

prescription

Statement

At a time fixed by the astrologer, on land ploughed, sprouted, and blessed by a night's stay of Brahmanas and cows, the owner worships the deities, honours Brahmanas and architects, touches his own head, breast, thighs or feet according as he is Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya or Shudra, and draws the first line.

Effects Detail

{"auspicious_drawers":"thumb, forefinger, middle finger; gold, silver, gem, pearl, curds, fruit, flower, coloured rice","weapon":"death by weapon","iron_piece":"imprisonment","ashes":"danger from fire","straw":"theft","wood":"trouble from the king","crooked_or_foot_drawn":"enemies and misery","hide_charcoal_bone_tooth":"disaster","anticlockwise":"hatred","clockwise":"prosperity","speech_omens":"harsh words, spitting, sneezing at commencement are inauspicious"}

Body Hierarchy Note

The varna-keyed self-touch (head→feet) replays the Purusha-hierarchy on the owner's own body — Phase 3 thread.

Tag

CLASSICAL