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

Adh. II. 15] द्वितीयाऽध्यायः 13
a Rasi, Bhava, etc., and the effects of their aspects on
them, one's exit from the world, the region to which
the deceased had belonged in his previous birth and
the region to which he goes, the effects on queries—
good or bad—at any time, good or bad omens, the
performance of marriage and other rituals.
All the above subjects are treated of in Brihat Jataka and
Vivaha Patala—विवाहपटल. This latter work is not by Varaha-
mihira but by one author called विन्ध्यवासि, another great astro-
loger, who has written on Muhurta for marriage and so on. [See
Adhyaya 103 infra]
१५. यात्रायां तु तिथिदिवसकरणनक्षत्रमुहूर्तविलग्नयोगदेहस्प-
न्दनस्वप्नविजयस्नानग्रहयज्ञगणयागाग्निलिङ्गहस्त्यश्वेङ्गितसेनाप्रवाद-
चेष्टादिग्रहषाड्गुण्योपायमङ्गलामङ्गलशकुनसैन्यनिवेशभूमयोऽग्निवर्णा-
मन्त्रचरदूत्राटविकानां यथाकालं प्रयोगाः परदुर्गोपलम्भोपायश्चे-
त्युक्तं चाचार्यैः।
15. And in the work यात्रा too, the seers have declared
all about Tithis, week days, Karanas, asterisms, Muhurta
(48'), Lagna, Yoga, the throbbing of the body, dreams,
baths for success in battle, sacrifices performed for the
propitiation of planets, the worship of the Yakshas
7 days prior to the day of starting on a journey, prognosis
through the movement—clockwise or otherwise—of the
flame of the Sacrificial fire, the correct understanding
of the feelings of the elephants and horses through the
movements of their limbs, military proclamations and
tendencies, omens, etc., the suitability through the help
of the planets of any of the six expedients in foreign
politics, viz., (1) सन्धि-peace or alliance (2) विग्रह-war
(3) यान-march or expedition (4) स्थान or आसन-halt (5)
संश्रय-seeking shelter and (6) द्वैध-duplicity; the four