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

Adh. XCIV. Sl. 1-8. ] चतुर्णवतितमोऽध्यायः 707 the cuttings, breaks, faded appearance, etc. of their tusks and other features. Thus ends the 93rd Adhyaya on the "Intention of Horses". Omens :—Section IX. हस्तिचेष्टितम् ॥९४॥ The Attitude of Elephants. दन्तस्य मूलपरिधिं द्विरायतं प्रोज्झ्य कल्पयेच्छेषम् । अधिकमनूपचराणां न्यूनं गिरिचारिणां किञ्चित् ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—The elephant's tusk should be cut off at a height that is equal to twice its girth at the root (or leave off a length equal to twice the circumference of the elephant's tusk at the root and cut off the rest) ; but in the case of elephants roaming about marshy places a little more than the above should be left off; and in the case of those 'of mountains, a little less. This and the next five slokas are mere repetitions of Adh. LXXIX.—Slokas 20 to 25. supra. शुक्लः समः सुगन्धिः स्निग्धश्च शुभावहो भवेच्छेदः । गलनम्लानफलानि च दन्तस्य समानि भङ्गेन ॥७॥ Sloka 7.—The cutting of the tusk being white, even, of good smell and glossy bestows prosperity. The effects of the dropping down and the fading of colour of the tusk are similar to those of its breaking. मूलमध्यदशनाग्रसंस्थिता देवदैत्यमनुजाः क्रमात्ततः । स्फीतमध्यपरिपेलवं फलं शीघ्रमध्यचिरकालसम्भवम् ॥८॥ Sloka 8.—The Gods, demons and men reside in the root, middle part and tip respectively of the elephant's