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

540 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXVII Sl. 3-6. Sloka 2.—The characteristics of the class designated Manda are: a slack breast, loose folds on the waist, a hanging belly, a thick skin and neck, a huge abdomen and root of the tail, and the look of a lion. मृगास्तु ह्रस्वाधरवालमेढ्रास्तन्वङ्घ्रिकण्ठद्विजहस्तकर्णाः । स्थूलेक्षणाश्चेति यथोक्तचिह्नैः सङ्कीर्णनागा व्यतिमिश्रचिह्नाः ॥३॥ Sloka 3.—Those that have short lip, tail and penis, slender feet, neck, teeth, trunk and ears and large eyes are known as Mrigas. Those that belong to the class of Sankirna have the characteristics of the above classes intermingled. ह्रस्वोदर is another reading. पञ्चोन्नतिः सप्त मृगस्य दैर्घ्यमष्टौ च हस्ताः परिणाहमानम् । एकद्विवृद्ध्यावथ मन्दभद्रौ सङ्कीर्णनागोऽनियतप्रमाणः ॥४॥ Sloka 4.—The height of the Mriga is 5 cubits; length, 7 cubits; and girth, 8 cubits. These numbers in- creased by one are those of the Manda (i. e., 6, 8 and 9 respectively); by two, of Bhadra (7, 9 and 10 cubits). The Sankirna has no fixed dimensions. भद्रस्य वर्णो हरितो मदश्च मन्दस्य हारिद्रकसन्निकाशः । कृष्णो मदश्चाभिहितो मृगस्य सङ्कीर्णनागस्य मदो विमिश्रः ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—The colour of the Bhadra and its ichor is green; of Manda and its ichor, yellow; of Mriga, dark; and of Sankirna, mixed. ताम्रोष्ठतालुवदनाः कलविङ्कनेत्राः स्निग्धोन्नताग्रदशनाः पृथुलायतास्याः । चापोन्नतायतनिगूढनिमग्नवंशा- स्तन्वेकरोमचितकूर्मसमानकुम्भाः ॥६॥