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

468 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. Sl. LIV. 49-52. Slokas 47-48. If in a waterless place are seen the characteristics of a watery tract or soft Virana grass or Durva, water will be available at 5 cubits below the earth; or if a kind of brinjal, Trivrita (சிவத்தை), Nagadanti, Su- karapadi, Lakshmana and Navamalika Creeper be found to be growing, water will be found at 15 cubits below the earth and two cubits to the south. स्निग्धाः प्रलम्बशाखा वामनविकटद्रुमाः समीपजलाः । सुषिरा जर्जरपत्रा रूक्षाश्च जलेन सन्त्यक्ताः ॥४९॥ Sloka 49.—Those trees which are glossy, have long branches hanging down, are very short and extensive have water nearby; whereas hollow and rough trees with shattered leaves do not indicate water in the neighbourhood. तिलकाम्रातकवरुणकभल्लातकबिल्वतिन्दुकाङ्कोलाः । पिण्डारशिरीषाञ्जनपरूषका वञ्जुलोऽतिबला ॥५०॥ एते यदि सुस्निग्धा वल्मीकैः परिवृतास्ततस्तोयम् । हस्तैस्त्रिभिरुत्तरतश्चतुर्भिरर्धेन च नरेण ॥५१॥ Slokas 50-51. - If Tilaka, Amrataka, Varunaka, Bhallataka, Bilwa, Tinduka, Ankola, Pindara, Sirisha, Anjana, Parushaka, Vanjula and Atibala are very glossy and covered with ant-hills, there will be water 3 cubits from there to the north at a depth of 22½ cubits. अतृणे सतृणा यस्मिन् सतृणे तृणवर्जिता मही यत्र । तस्मिन् शिरा प्रदिष्टा वक्तव्यं वा धनं चास्मिन् ॥५२॥ Sloka 52.—If in a grassless place, a patch of ground is seen covered with grass, or in a grassy place, one is seen without it, a vein of water or treasure is to be declared to exist there.