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

16 बृहत्संहितायाम् Adh. II. 18] the stars, the ascertainment of the good effects resulting from planets occupying all the three houses, viz., 1st, 5th and 9th, effect of planets being at war, their conjunction with the Moon, the planet presiding over the year and the effect caused thereby, monsoonish indications of the weather, the Moon's conjunction with the stars, Rohini, Swati, Purvashadha and Uttarashadha, symptoms for immediate rain, predicting good or bad effects through the growth of flowers and fruits, the misty halo round the Sun and the Moon, line of clouds crossing the Sun at Sunrise or Sunset, of the winds, fall of meteors, apparent outbreak of fire in the quarters, earthquakes, redness of the sky just before Sunrise or after Sunset, clouds taking the appearance of a City, of dust-storms, portent of thunderbolts, vari- ation in value of commodities, the growing of corn, fruits, etc., Indradhwaja or banner worshipped by kings, rainbow, architecture, the science of foretelling good or evil by the movements of limbs, or by the cawing of crows, Antarachakra omens, phenomena connected with the deer, dogs, winds blowing in the 8 directions, royal mansions, construction of temples, casting of images, installation or consecration of an idol, herbalistic treatment, finding of sources of water, ceremony of general purification by water (done by kings, etc.), flight of the Khanjana (wagtail), expiation of evil caused by unusual phenomena boding calamity, Mayura Chitraka घृतकंबळ or पुष्यस्नान (coronation cere- mony when the Moon is in पुष्य), of swords, tiara or diadem, all about the features, etc. of कृकवाकु-a cock, tortoise, cow, rain, horse, elephant, a man and a woman, about the harem, breaking out of boils, injuries to shoes and clothes, on chowries, staffs, beds and