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

16 बृहत्संहितायाम् Adh. II. 18]
the stars, the ascertainment of the good effects resulting
from planets occupying all the three houses, viz.,
1st, 5th and 9th, effect of planets being at war,
their conjunction with the Moon, the planet presiding
over the year and the effect caused thereby, monsoonish
indications of the weather, the Moon's conjunction with
the stars, Rohini, Swati, Purvashadha and Uttarashadha,
symptoms for immediate rain, predicting good or bad
effects through the growth of flowers and fruits,
the misty halo round the Sun and the Moon, line of
clouds crossing the Sun at Sunrise or Sunset, of the
winds, fall of meteors, apparent outbreak of fire in the
quarters, earthquakes, redness of the sky just before
Sunrise or after Sunset, clouds taking the appearance
of a City, of dust-storms, portent of thunderbolts, vari-
ation in value of commodities, the growing of corn,
fruits, etc., Indradhwaja or banner worshipped by kings,
rainbow, architecture, the science of foretelling good
or evil by the movements of limbs, or by the
cawing of crows, Antarachakra omens, phenomena
connected with the deer, dogs, winds blowing in
the 8 directions, royal mansions, construction of temples,
casting of images, installation or consecration of an idol,
herbalistic treatment, finding of sources of water,
ceremony of general purification by water (done by
kings, etc.), flight of the Khanjana (wagtail), expiation
of evil caused by unusual phenomena boding calamity,
Mayura Chitraka घृतकंबळ or पुष्यस्नान (coronation cere-
mony when the Moon is in पुष्य), of swords, tiara or
diadem, all about the features, etc. of कृकवाकु-a cock,
tortoise, cow, rain, horse, elephant, a man and a
woman, about the harem, breaking out of boils, injuries
to shoes and clothes, on chowries, staffs, beds and