Motif
auspicious timing for royal rite
auspicious_timing_for_royal_rite
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Calendar Rules and Sacred Units. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto I. The Heir Apparent. / Canto VI. The City Decorated. / Canto IX. The Plot. / Canto XV. The Preparations.; lines 12084-12187 confidence: medium
The auspicious morning is described; the rite's materials include a holy wooden throne, golden urns, royal car with tiger skin, sacred waters from the Jumná-Gangá confluence and other waters, honey, curd, oil, rice, grass, milk, eight girls, an elephant, gold and silver urns, milky branches, and lotus buds.
The rite is set on an auspicious morning marked by Pushya, Cancer, and Rāma's natal hour.
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