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

624 . बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 21-25.
Sloka 20.—Cut off a length (from the bottom) equal
to twice the circumference of the tusk at the bottom and
use the remainder for purposes of embellishment. A
little more of it will have to be cut off in the case of
elephants haunting marshy places, and a little less in the
case of those haunting mountainous tracts.
श्रीवृक्षवर्धमानच्छत्रध्वजचामरानुरूपेषु ।
छेदे दृष्टेष्वारोग्यविजयधनवृद्धिसौख्यानि ॥२१॥
प्रहरणसदृशेषु जयो नन्द्यावर्त्ते प्रनष्टदेशाप्तिः ।
लोष्टे तु लब्धपूर्वस्य भवति देशस्य सम्प्राप्तिः ॥२२॥
स्त्रीरूपे धननाशो भृङ्गारेऽभ्युत्थिते सुतोत्पत्तिः ।
कुम्भेन निधिप्राप्तिर्यात्राविघ्नं च दण्डेन ॥२३॥
कृकलासकपिभुजङ्गेष्वसुभिक्षव्याधयो रिपुवशित्वम् ।
गृध्रोलूकध्वाङ्क्षश्येनाकारेषु जनमरकः ॥२४॥
पाशेऽथवा कबन्धे नृपमृत्युर्जनविपत् सुते रक्ते ।
कृष्णे श्यावे रूक्षे दुर्गन्धे चाशुभं भवति ॥२५॥
Slokas 21-25.—When cutting the tusk, if figures
resembling Bilwa trees, Vardhamana, umbre la, banner
and chowries appear, sound health, victory, increase of
wealth and happiness are to be expected. A figure simi-
lar to a weapon gives victory ; one like a spiral turning
to the right, recovery of lost lands ; one like a clod, com-
plete possession of a country conquered before ; one like
a woman, loss of wealth ; one like a vase, birth of a son;
one like a pot, acquisition of a treasure ; one like a rod,
obstacle to a journey ; those like chameleons, monkeys
and serpents, famine, disease, and oppression by a foe ;
those like eagles, owls, crows and hawks, pestilence ; one
like a noose or a truncated body, bodes the king's death,