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[Full title: The Lore of the Constellations (27) The Asvini (Arietis)]

The Asvini 184 is the twenty-seventh constellation consisting of two stars. It belongs to the Rai family of Katyayana and is presided over by the Asvins. Asvins are the divine physicians who made the old sage Cyavana young again 185 and enabled him to drink Soma They are implored for protecting the progeny (1.41.7). The Asvini affect horses as well as the great and small tribes (1.8.9). According to the Brhatsamhita by Varahamihira (15.27), horses, riders and attendants of horses, physicians, merchants and objects of beauty are under the sway of the Asvini. The disease produced under this constellation is said to continue for ten nights (1.33.11). (184) The ancient name is Asvayujau or Asvinau. The word Asvini occurs at Sankhayana Grhya sutra 1.26, Naksatra-Kalpa 4.7, 10.9; Santi-Kalpa II.5.11 etc. (185) Cf. V I.117.13; 118.6 etc. At Taittiriya Brahmana III.1.2.11 the Asvins are described as the physicians of gods, the carriers of oblation, the messengers for all and the protectors of Amrta. They possess horses which are well-tamed.

364 A king should prepare an army under the Asvini (1.10.9). One should eat a dish made of whole masas (black gram) and proceed in the north for attaining success (1.30.2). Under this constellation, a bath by a prostitute with water to which are added the flowers of Madayanti and Priyangu leads to good fortune and the increase of enjoyments (1.45.7). Under the Asvini, one should give away a pair of bulls having tied them together with a piece of cloth. Thereby he would be great for ten thousand years in every hair on his body. If he gives away a goat and a cow, he will enjoy milk for eight thousand years and by offering a bull and a cow he will enjoy milk for ten thousand years. A person who gives away a friendly bull carrying safely, obtains a hero son who will be the lord of the subjects, offering ten cows in charity (1.50.4-6).