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

Adh. XXIX. Sl. 1-2.] एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः 255
the fields. In spite of rain-fall, if jackals howl in the
evening, there will not be a drop of water, though the sky
be overcast for seven days at a stretch. This need
not be doubted.
These two verses appear to be spurious as they are not recog-
nised by the commentator.
Thus ends the 28th Adhyaya on “Immediate Rain”.
कुसुमलताध्यायः ॥२९॥ Prognostics from Flowers
and Creepers.
फलकुसुमसमप्रवृद्धिं वनस्पतीनां विलोक्य विज्ञेयम् ।
सुलभत्वं द्रव्याणां निष्पत्तिश्चापि सस्यानाम् ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—By observing the abundance of flowers
and fruits of trees, the availability of all things in large
quantities at cheap rates should be ascertained; so also
the thriving of crops.
शालेन कलमशाली रक्ताशोकेन रक्तशालिश्च ।
पाण्डुकः क्षीरिकया नीलाशोकेन सूकरकः ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—From the (luxuriance of the flowers and
fruits of the) Sala tree, the prospects of Kalama rice are
to be determined; from the red Asoka, red rice; from
the Ksheerika, yellowish rice; and from the bluish Asoka,
hog’s rice.
The Sala tree is known in Tamil as ஆச்சாமரம் or மராமரம்.
It is probably the Diospyros Ebenaster furnishing timber.
Kalama. A variety of white rice; it is sown in May and
June and ripens in December or January. வெள்ளைச்சம்பா.
Ksheerika. The Fig tree-அத்திமரம்.
Asoka. It is a tree of moderate size belonging to the
leguminous class with magnificent red flowers-அசோகமரம்.
Sukaraka. A species of rice-கருப்புநெல்.