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

Adh. LIV. Sl. 85-89.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 475
Sloka 84.—Where there is a white Rohitaka tree
surrounded by an ant-hill, there is water one cubit to the
east at a depth of 350 cubits.
श्वेता कण्टकबहुला यत्र शमी दक्षिणेन तत्र पयः ।
नरपञ्चकसंयुतया सप्तत्याहिर्नरार्धे च ॥८५॥
Sloka 85.—Where there is a white Samee tree full
of thorns, there is water one cubit to its south at a
depth of 375 cubits. At a depth of 2½ cubits, there will
be a snake.
मरुदेशे यच्चिह्नं न जाङ्गले तैर्जलं विनिर्देश्यम् ।
जम्बूवेतसपूर्वैर्ये पुरुषास्ते मरौ द्विगुणाः ॥८६॥
Sloka 86.—The existence of water in a forest tract
may not be determined on such indications as apply to
a desert. The characteristics mentioned, viz., Jambu
Vetasa, etc., in waterless tracts, if seen in deserts, water
should be declared to exist there at twice the depth
mentioned.
जम्बूस्त्रिवृता मौर्वी शिशुमारी सारिवा शिवा श्यामा ।
वीरुधयो वाराही ज्योतिष्मती गरुडवेगा ॥८७॥
सूकरिकमाषपर्ण्योव्याघ्रपदाश्चेति यद्यहेर्निलये ।
वल्मीकादुत्तरतस्त्रिभिः करैस्त्रिपुरुषे तोयम् ॥८८॥
Slokas 87-88.—If a Jambu tree, Trivrit, Maurvi,
Sisumari, Sariva, Siva, Syama, Varahi, Jyotishmatee,
Garudadhvaja, Sukarika, Mashaparnee and Vyaghra-
pada creepers grow by an ant-hill, there is water three
cubits to the north of it at a depth of 15 cubits.
एतदनूपे वाच्यं जाङ्गलभूमौ तु पञ्चभिः पुरुषैः ।
एतैरेव निमित्तैर्मरुदेशे सप्तभिः कथयेत् ॥८९॥