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

542 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 1-2. crooked or dwarfed, that have tusks similar to the horns of a goat, that have prominent testicles, that lack the extremity of the trunk, that have the palate dusky, blue, variegated or black, that have small tusks or no tusks at all, or are without sex; as well as a female elephant that has some characteristics of the male, and one that is pregnant, should the King order to be removed to another country, as they produce very dire consequences. Here कुब्ज, वामन, मत्कुण are particular types of elephants. Thus ends the 67th Adhyaya on "the Signs of Elephants." पुरुषलक्षणम् ॥६८॥ Signs of Men. उन्मानमानगतिसंहतिसारवर्ण- स्नेहस्वरप्रकृतिसत्वमनूकमादौ । क्षेत्रं मृजां च विधिवत् कुशलोऽवलोक्य सामुद्रविद्वदति यातमनागतं वा ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—A clever astrologer who knows the phy- sical features of human beings, carefully observes in the beginning according to the rules, the height, weight, gait, compactness, strength, complexion, glossiness, voice, na- tural character, courage, impressions of previous birth, parts of the body and natural lustre, and reveals the past and the future. अस्वेदनौ मृदुतलौ कमलोदराभौ श्लिष्टाङ्गुली रुचिरताम्रनखौ सुपाष्णी । उष्णौ शिरांविरहितौ सुनिगूढगुल्फौ कूर्म्मोन्नतौ च चरणौ मनुजेश्वरस्य ॥२॥