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

620 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 1-4. These ideas are described at length in works on Ayurveda such as अष्टाङ्गहृदय. Thus ends the 78th Adhyaya on "the Union of Man and Woman." ————— शय्यासनलक्षणम् ॥७९॥ Signs of Couches and Seats. सर्वस्य सर्वकालं यस्मादुपयोगमेति शास्त्रमिदम् । राज्ञां विशेषतोऽतः शयनासनलक्षणं वक्ष्ये ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—Since this science dealing with the signs of couches and seats is useful for all persons at all times, especially for kings, I shall now expound it. असनस्पन्दनचन्दनहरिद्रुसुरदारुतिन्दुकिाशालाः । कश्मर्यञ्जनपद्मकशाका वा शिंशपा च शुभाः ॥२॥ Sloka 2.—Trees recommended for the construction of beds and seats are Asana, Spandana, Sandal-tree, Haridra, Deodar, Tinduka, Sal, Kasmari, Arjuna, Pad- maka, Saka and Simsapa. अशनिजलानिलहस्तिप्रपातिता मधुविहङ्गकृतनिलयाः । चैत्यश्मशानपथिजोर्ध्वशुष्कवल्लीनिबद्धाश्च ॥३॥ कण्टकिनो ये च स्युर्महानदीसङ्गमोद्भवा ये च । सुरभवनजाश्च न शुभा ये चापरयाम्यदिक्पतिताः ॥४॥ Slokas 3-4.—Inauspicious are those trees that are thrown down by thunder-bolts, water; wind and ele- phants; those in which bees and birds have taken up their abode; those growing in sacred spots, burial grounds or roads; those that are withered at the top, and those that are entwined with creepers; so also are thorny trees; those growing at the confluence of great rivers,