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

Adh. LIII. Sl. 44-48.] त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 435. पूषा वितथबृहत्क्षतयमगन्धर्वाख्यभृङ्गराजमृगाः । पितृदौवारिकसुग्रीवकुसुमदन्ताम्बुपत्यसुराः ॥४४॥ शोषोऽथ पापयक्ष्मा रोगः कोणे ततोऽहिमुख्यौ च । भल्लाटसोमभुजगास्ततोऽदितिर्दितिरिति क्रमशः ॥४५॥ Slokas 43-45.—The deities situated in the outer compartments beginning with the north-eastern corner and ending with the south-eastern are :—Sikhi, Parjanya, Jayanta, Indra, Surya, Satya, Bhrisa, Antariksha and Anila. Then follow from South-east to South-west, thence to north-west and thence to north-east, Pushan, Vitatha, Brihatkshata, Yama, Gandharva, Bhringaraja, Mriga, Pitru, Dauvarika, Sugriva, Kusumadanta, Varuna, Asura, Sosha, Papayakshma, Roga, Ahi, Mukhya, Bhal- lata, Soma, Bhujaga, Aditi, and Diti, thus 32 in all. मध्ये ब्रह्मा नवकोष्ठकाधिपोऽस्यार्यमा स्थितः प्राच्याम् । • एकान्तरात् प्रदक्षिणमस्मात् सविता विवस्वांश्च ॥४६॥ विबुधाधिपतिस्तस्मान्मित्रोऽन्यो राजयक्ष्मनामा च । पृथिवीधरापवत्सावित्येते ब्रह्मणः परिधौ ॥४७॥ आपो नामैशाने कोणे हौताशने च सावित्रः । जय इति च नैर्ऋते रुद्र आनिलेऽभ्यन्तरपदेषु ॥४८॥ Slokas 46-48.—In the centre, there is Brahman occu- pying nine divisions; to his east, there is Aryaman (in 3 squares); next and to the right of Aryaman, at the interval of one compartment, there is Savita in a single square; next to him to the right is Vivaswan; next to him is Indra; then going up, i. e., to the west of Brahman there are Mitra (in 3) and Raja Yakshma; then turning to the east, there is Prithvi Dhara (in 3) and Apavatsa. Thus, these eight are along the circumfe-