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

Adh. XXIX. Sl. 1-2.] एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः 255 the fields. In spite of rain-fall, if jackals howl in the evening, there will not be a drop of water, though the sky be overcast for seven days at a stretch. This need not be doubted. These two verses appear to be spurious as they are not recog- nised by the commentator. Thus ends the 28th Adhyaya on “Immediate Rain”. कुसुमलताध्यायः ॥२९॥ Prognostics from Flowers and Creepers. फलकुसुमसमप्रवृद्धिं वनस्पतीनां विलोक्य विज्ञेयम् । सुलभत्वं द्रव्याणां निष्पत्तिश्चापि सस्यानाम् ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—By observing the abundance of flowers and fruits of trees, the availability of all things in large quantities at cheap rates should be ascertained; so also the thriving of crops. शालेन कलमशाली रक्ताशोकेन रक्तशालिश्च । पाण्डुकः क्षीरिकया नीलाशोकेन सूकरकः ॥२॥ Sloka 2.—From the (luxuriance of the flowers and fruits of the) Sala tree, the prospects of Kalama rice are to be determined; from the red Asoka, red rice; from the Ksheerika, yellowish rice; and from the bluish Asoka, hog’s rice. The Sala tree is known in Tamil as ஆச்சாமரம் or மராமரம். It is probably the Diospyros Ebenaster furnishing timber. Kalama. A variety of white rice; it is sown in May and June and ripens in December or January. வெள்ளைச்சம்பா. Ksheerika. The Fig tree-அத்திமரம். Asoka. It is a tree of moderate size belonging to the leguminous class with magnificent red flowers-அசோகமரம். Sukaraka. A species of rice-கருப்புநெல்.