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

Adh. XCVI. Sl. 16-17.] षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः 737 नाम्नानि चाग्न्यम्बुकुमारविष्णुशकेन्द्रपत्नीचतुराननानाम् । तुल्यानि सूर्यात् क्रमशो विचिन्त्य द्वित्र्यादिवर्णैर्घटयेत्स्वबुद्ध्या ॥ Slokas 15-16.—The guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial classes respectively belong to Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn; the eight letters begin- ning with 'य' to the Moon; and the vowels from 'अ', to the Sun. For the planets beginning with the Sun (owning the rising sign or Navamsa), the names will be synony- mous with those of Fire, Water, Subrahmanya, Vishnu, Indra, Sachi and Brahman respectively, and they will have to be reconstructed as consisting of two, three, four or five syllables, by one's own intelligence. [A strong planet will have a 'tall' syllable, (such as को) one of medium strength, a short one (such as कू); and a weak one, a downward syllable. About the allotment of syllables, some hold that for every 150 minutes traversed by the Sun in the sign occupied there should be one syllable belonging to him for the first letter of the name; for every 225', in the Moon; and for every 200 in other planets.] वयांसि तेषां स्तनपानबाल्यव्रतस्थिता यौवनमध्यवृद्धाः । अतीव वृद्धा इति चन्द्रभौमज्ञशुक्रजीवाकँशनैश्चराणाम् ॥१७॥ Sloka 17.—The age of persons will have to be as- certained from the planets, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, the Sun and Saturn, as that of a baby fed by breast-milk, a child (between 2 and 6 years), a celi- bate (7 to 16 years), a youth (17 to 30), a middle-aged person (from 31 to 50 years), an old man (51 to 80 years) and a very old man (81 to 100 years) respectively. Thus ends the 96th Adhyaya on "Further Omens". बृ. सं 93.