बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. XVII. Sl. 6-8] सप्तदशोऽध्यायः 187 Not to be confounded with this acceptation of Savya is its use in augury. Applied to augural birds, etc., Savya is strictly and properly "left," but as birds first appearing from the left of the observer move in the direction of his right, and keep him at their own right, savya, "left," and pradakshina, "moving to the right," imply the same, without being the same. Utpala remarks; सर्वे एव शकुनादयो यातुर्वामपार्श्वादग्रत आगत्य दक्षिणपार्श्वेनाक्रामन्ति यत् तत्प्रदक्षिणं सव्यञ्च । एतद्विपरीतं दक्षिणपार्श्वाद्व्वामपार्श्वेगमनं यत्तदपसव्यम्। In astronomical works, Savya "moving (revolving) toward the right" and Apasavya "moving toward the left, is common enough; e. g. Surya Siddha- nta xii—55; Siddhanta Siromani, Goladhyaya 3—51, Arya Bhatiya IV—16. रविराक्रन्दो मध्ये पौरः पूर्वेऽपरे स्थितो यायी । पौरा बुधगुरुरविजा नित्यं शीतांशुराक्रन्दः ॥६॥ केतुकुजराहुशुक्रा यायिन एते हता ग्रहा हन्युः । आक्रन्दयायिपौरान् जयिनो जयदाः स्ववर्गस्य ॥७॥ Slokas 6-7—The Sun when standing in the meridian is called आक्रन्द-Akranda, i. e., an ally coming to the rescue; when in the east, he is a पौर-Paura, i. e., a king staying in town; in the west, he is a यायी-Yayee, a king who marches off. Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn are always Pauras, while the Moon is always Akranda. Ketu, Mars, Rahu and Venus are marching planets.. All the planets known as the Akranda, Yayee, and Paura when hurt, will destroy severally kings coming to the rescue, marching and staying in town. In the case of their being victorious, they bestow victory on their own class of kings. पौरे पौरेण हते पौराः पौरान् नृपान्विनिघ्नन्ति । एवं याय्याक्रन्दा नागरयायिग्रहाश्चैव ॥८॥ Sloka 8.—When a पौर-Paura planet is overpowered by another of the same description, kings keeping the town will kill others in the same predicament. The same