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

Adh. CII. Sl. 5-7.] अधिकशततमोऽध्यायः 763 मूलमषाढा पूर्वा प्रथमश्चाप्युत्तरांशको धन्वी । मकरस्तत्परिशेषं श्रवणः पूर्वं धनिष्ठाधंम् ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—Sign (धनुस-Dhanus) Sagittarius comprises the whole of Mula and Purva-ashadha and the first quarter of Uttara-ashadha ; sign (मकर- Makara) Capricorn, of the remaining three quarters of Uttara-ashadha, the whole of Sravana and the first half of Dhanishta. कुम्भोऽन्त्यधनिष्ठाधं शतभिषगंशत्रयं च पूर्वा याः । भद्रपदायाः शेषं तथोत्तरा रेवती च झषः ॥६॥ Sloka 6.—Sign (कुम्भ-Kumbha) Aquarius comprises the latter half of Dhanishta, the whole of Satabhishak and the first three qarters of Purvabhadra ; sign (मीन-Meena) Pisces, the last qurter of Purvabhadra, and the whole of Uttarabhadra and Revati. अश्विनीपित्र्यमूलाद्या मेषसिंहहयादयः । विषमर्क्षाभिवर्त्तन्ते पादवृद्ध्या यथोत्तरम् ॥७॥ Sloka 7.—The signs Mesha, Simha and Dhanus commence with the beginning of Aswini, Magha and Mula respectively ; and the odd asterisms '(beginning with the third) retire from each sign with one or more quarters in an increasing order. The 3rd Star is Krittika; it closes Mesha with its first quarter. Mrigasiras is the 5th ; it closes Vrishabha with its second quarter ; and so on. Thus ends the 102nd Adhyaya on "The Division of the Zo- diac into Signs".