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

Adh. II.] द्वितीयोऽध्यायः 17 seats, examination of gems and precious stones, lamps, materials derived from tusks, wood, etc., good and bad omens which are common to all the people of the world inclusive of the King and the ordinary individual. And all the above should be divined by an astrologer every moment with a single-minded devotion. And it is not possible for a single person to comprehend all these occurring day and night. Hence an astrologer in the employ of a king should engage four efficient assistants for the task, each to be in charge of two directions, thus: one to observe east, and south-east, a second for the south and south-west, a third for the west and north-west, and the fourth for the north and north-east. By this, it will be possible for noting clearly the fall of meteors and the like which is sudden in its nature and one's good and bad effects have to be predicted through the form, color, viscidity, size, etc., of these falling bodies and as to how they dash or strike against the other planets and stars. शृङ्गाटक (Sringataka) yoga. If at a birth all the three houses viz., 1st, 5th and 9th are occupied by planets, Sringataka yoga is formed. The yoga and its effect are thus described by Varaha- mihira in his Brihatjataka : शृङ्गाटकं नवमपञ्चमलग्नसंस्थैः" also “शृङ्गाटके चिरसुखी” Cf. also सारावली उदयान्त्यगैस्त्रिकोणे ह्यल इति शृङ्गाटकं सलग्ने तत् ॥ प्रियकलहसमरसाहससुखिनो नृपतेः प्रियाः सुभगकान्ताः । आढ्या युवतिद्वेष्याः शृङ्गाटकसंभवा मनुजाः ॥ Also गुणाकार सुतोदयधर्मगैरभिदधुः खलु शृङ्गाटकम् ॥ शृङ्गाटके साहससङ्गराढ्यः क्ष्माभृत्प्रियः सौख्ययुतो धनी च ॥ बृ. सं. 3