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

Adh. CIV. Sl. 61.] चतुरधिकशततमोऽध्यायः 791 ons, cruel deeds, theft, hitting (attacking), forests, fortress- es, command of an army, trees with red flowers, other red substances, bitter and pungent things, earning wealth by fraud and snake-charm, boys, physicians, Buddhist monks, nocturnal activities, lord of the exchequer, roguery and ostentations. हरितमणिमहीसुगन्धीनि वस्त्राणि साधारणं नाटकं शास्त्रविज्ञान- काव्यानि सर्वाः कलायुक्तयो मन्त्रधातुक्रियावादनैपुण्यपुण्यव्रतायो- गदूतास्तथाऽऽयुष्यमायानृतस्नानह्रस्वानि दीर्घाणि मध्यानि च च्छ- न्दतश्चण्डवृष्टिप्रयातानुकारीणि कार्याणि सिद्ध्यन्ति सौम्यस्य लग्नेऽह्नि वा ॥६१॥ Dandaka 61.—d. When Mercury is in the Lagna or presides over the day, all work undertaken in connec- tion with the following things will be crowned with suc- cess :—Green articles, gems, lands, perfumes, garments, things that are both harsh and mild, drama, Sastra, science, poetry, all fine arts, preparation of compounds, mixtures, etc., achieving a Mantra, alchemy, arguments, skill, meri- torious deeds, observance of vows, messenger, tonics (that prolong life), feigned talk, lies, bath, things done in a short, moderate and long interval (or short, medium and long articles ?) as are the foot-prints on the earth during a heavy rain. These four pieces of Dandaka are based upon the चण्डवृष्टिप्रयात and its longer forms which ordinarily has two न Ganas in the beginning followed by six र Ganas. The number of र Ganas can be increased at will. So, here we have 32 र Ganas. In this con- nection Pingalacharya says that रात and माण्डव्य give a different name to चण्डवृष्टिप्रयात. According to them, this variety is termed सुवर्ण; and the others are चण्डवेग, प्लव, जीमूत, वलाहक, भुजङ्ग and समुद्र. There are thus 7 kinds of Dandaka. There are no special names for