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

438 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIII. Sl. 55-56.
Savitra on the hand ; Vitatha and Brihatkshata, on the
side ; Vivasvan, on the stomach ; Yama, Gandharva,
Bhringaraja and Mriga on the thigh, knee, shank and
buttock respectively. The above deities are situated in
the parts on the right side of the House-God. Simi-
larly, there are deities on the left side, i. e., Prithvidhara,
on the left breast ; Diti, on the left eye ; Aditi, on the
left ear ; Bhujaga on the left side of the chest ; Soma,
on the left shoulder ; Bhallata, Mukhya, Ahi, Roga and
Papayakshma, on the left arm ; Rudra and Rajayakshma,
on the left hand ; Sosha and Asura, on the left side ;
Varuna, on the left thigh ; Kusumadanta, on the left knee;
Sugriva, on the left shank ; Dauvarika, on the left
buttock ; Sakra and Jayanta, on the genital organ ;
Brahman, on the heart, and Pita, on the foot.
अष्टाष्टकपदमथवा कृत्वा रेखाश्च कोणगास्तिर्यक् ।
ब्रह्मा चतुष्पदोऽस्मिन्नर्धपदा ब्रह्मकोणस्थाः ॥५५॥
अष्टौ च बहिष्कोणेष्वर्धपदास्तदुभयस्थिताः सार्धाः ।
उक्तेभ्यो ये शेषास्ते द्विपदा विंशतिस्ते हि ॥५६॥
Slokas 55-56.—Or, drawing nine lines across and
nine vertically and thus getting 64 squares, diagonals
should be drawn from corner to corner. Of this area,
Brahman rules over the central four squares ; and the
eight deities situated along the diagonals in the corners
near him over half a square (viz., Apa, Apavatsa, Savita,
Savitra, Vibudhadhipati, Jayanta, Rajayakshma and
Rudra) ; in the outer corners, Sikhi, Antariksha, Anila,
Mriga, Pitru. Papayakshma, Roga and Diti, over half
a square ; those that are on both sides of these, over
one and a half squares (Parjanya, Bhrisa, Bhringa-
raja, Dauvarika, Sosha and Nagadhipathi, i. e., Ahi) ;
and the remaining twenty, over two squares.