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

468 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. Sl. LIV. 49-52.
Slokas 47-48. If in a waterless place are seen the
characteristics of a watery tract or soft Virana grass or
Durva, water will be available at 5 cubits below the earth;
or if a kind of brinjal, Trivrita (சிவத்தை), Nagadanti, Su-
karapadi, Lakshmana and Navamalika Creeper be found
to be growing, water will be found at 15 cubits below
the earth and two cubits to the south.
स्निग्धाः प्रलम्बशाखा वामनविकटद्रुमाः समीपजलाः ।
सुषिरा जर्जरपत्रा रूक्षाश्च जलेन सन्त्यक्ताः ॥४९॥
Sloka 49.—Those trees which are glossy, have long
branches hanging down, are very short and extensive
have water nearby; whereas hollow and rough trees
with shattered leaves do not indicate water in the
neighbourhood.
तिलकाम्रातकवरुणकभल्लातकबिल्वतिन्दुकाङ्कोलाः ।
पिण्डारशिरीषाञ्जनपरूषका वञ्जुलोऽतिबला ॥५०॥
एते यदि सुस्निग्धा वल्मीकैः परिवृतास्ततस्तोयम् ।
हस्तैस्त्रिभिरुत्तरतश्चतुर्भिरर्धेन च नरेण ॥५१॥
Slokas 50-51. - If Tilaka, Amrataka, Varunaka,
Bhallataka, Bilwa, Tinduka, Ankola, Pindara, Sirisha,
Anjana, Parushaka, Vanjula and Atibala are very glossy
and covered with ant-hills, there will be water 3 cubits
from there to the north at a depth of 22½ cubits.
अतृणे सतृणा यस्मिन् सतृणे तृणवर्जिता मही यत्र ।
तस्मिन् शिरा प्रदिष्टा वक्तव्यं वा धनं चास्मिन् ॥५२॥
Sloka 52.—If in a grassless place, a patch of ground
is seen covered with grass, or in a grassy place, one is
seen without it, a vein of water or treasure is to be
declared to exist there.