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

570 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXIX. Sl. 10-13.
पञ्चाष्टौ चोर्ध्वमास्यं श्रुतिविवरमपि त्र्यङ्गुलोनं च तिर्य-
ग्दीप्ताक्षं सत्कपोलं समसितदशनं नातिमांसाधरोष्ठम् ॥१०॥
Sloka 10.—A man belonging to the Malavya type
has his arms resembling the trunk of an elephant and
touching the knees, the limbs and joints full of flesh, the
body even, handsome and slender in the waist, the face
13 digits in height, the ear-holes 10 digits apart, shining
eyes, fine cheeks, equal and white teeth and not a very
fleshy lower lip.
मालवान् स भरुकच्छसुराष्ट्रान् लाटसिन्धुविषयप्रभृतींश्च ।
विक्रमार्जितधनोऽवति राजा पारियात्रनिलयान् कृतबुद्धिः ॥११॥
Sloka 11.—One belonging to the above class be-
comes a king of cultured mind, and rules over the Mal-
was, Broach, Surastrians, Latas, Sindhus and the regions
of the Pariyatra mountain, having amassed wealth by
dint of prowess.
सप्ततिवर्षो मालव्योऽयं त्यक्ष्यति सम्यक्प्राणांस्तीर्थे ।
लक्षणमेतत्सम्यक्प्रोक्तं शेषनराणां चातो वक्ष्ये ॥१२॥
Sloka 12.—Such a person (Malavya) lives for 70
years and abandons his body in a sacred place by Yoga.
Thus have the characteristics of this class been clearly
explained and those of the other classes I now proceed
to define.
Cf. सारावली Adh. 37—29, 30.
उपचितसमवृत्तलम्बबाहुर्द्धजययुगलप्रमितः समुच्छ्रयोऽस्य ।
मृदुतनुघनरोमनद्धगण्डो भवति नरः खलु लक्षणेन भद्रः ॥१३॥
Sloka 13.—One belonging to the Bhadra class has
the following characteristics :—His arms are well-deve-
loped, equal, round and long ; his height is equal to the