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

686 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 73-75. them indicates severally peril to a person from his own kith and kin and foes. (If both the flanking omens cry after it, then there will be trouble for both the quarters.) All the three crying simultaneously portend death. वृक्षाग्रमध्यमूलेषु गजाश्वरथिकागमः । दीर्घाब्जमुषिताग्रेषु नरनौशिबिकागमः ॥७३॥ Sloka 73.--An omen standing at the top, middle or foot of a tree, indicates severally the arrival of a per- son riding an elephant, horse or chariot; one standing on a long substance, a lotus or the like of it or something whose top is chopped off, indicates severally the arrival of a man carried by another man, by a ship or by a sedan chair. शकटेनोन्नतस्थे वा छायास्थे छत्रसंयुते । एकत्रिपञ्चसप्ताहात् पूर्वाद्याखन्तरासु च ॥७४॥ Sloka 74.-An omen situated on a lofty height (such as a mountain) indicates the arrival of a person in a cart ; one in the shadow, of a person holding an um- brella. Whatever good or bad consequences are indi- cated by the omens situated in the four quarters, East etc. or in the other corners, South-east, etc., will come to be felt in order in one, three, five and seven days. सुरपतिहुतवहयमनिर्ऋतिवरुणपवनेन्दुशङ्कराः क्रमशः । प्राच्याद्यानां पतयो दिशः पुमांसोऽङ्गना विदिशः ॥७५॥ Sloka 75.--The lords of the eight quarters, East, South-east, South, South-west, West, North-west, North, and North-east are respectively Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirriti (King of evil Spirits), Varuna, Vayu, the Moon and Siva. The four prime quarters are masculine, while the corners, feminine.