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

Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 36-39.] एकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः 627
Slokas 33-35.—The blemish called Nishkuta (cavity)
is like a pot, hollow in the middle and narrow at the
mouth ; the second, Kolaksha is blue and like a grain of
black gram ; the third, Sukaranayana, is uneven, dis-
coloured and extending over one joint and a half ; the
fourth—Vatsanabha—is a spot running from left to right,
broken and extending over one joint; the fifth, Kalaka,
is a black spot ; and the sixth (धुन्धुक) is also dark, but cut.
A faulty spot having the same colour as the wood itself
is not deemed so harmful.
निष्कुटसञ्ज्ञे द्रव्यक्षयस्तु कोलेक्षणे कुलध्वंसः ।
शस्त्रभयं सूकरके रोगभयं वत्सनाभाख्ये ॥३६॥
कालकधुन्धुकसञ्ज्ञं कीटैर्विद्धं च न शुभदं छिद्रम् ।
सर्वं ग्रन्थिप्रचुरं सर्वत्र न शोभनं दारु ॥३७॥
Slokas 36-37.—The blemish going by the name of
Nishkuta causes loss of wealth ; Kolaksha, ruin of the
family ; Sukara, danger from weapons ; Vatsanabha,
danger from disease. The last two blemishes and a spot
bored by insects are not auspicious. In general, timber
full of knots is never good.
एकद्रुमेण धन्यं वृक्षद्वयनिर्मितं च धन्यतरम् ।
त्रिभिरात्मजवृद्धिकरं चतुर्भिरर्थं यशश्चाग्र्यम् ॥३८॥
पञ्चवनस्पतिरचिते पञ्चत्वं याति तत्र यः शेते ।
षट्सप्ताष्टतरूणां काष्ठैर्घटिते कुलविनाशः ॥३९॥
Slokas 38-39.—A couch or seat made from one
kind of timber is blessed ; more blessed is the one made
from two kinds of timber ; one of three kinds leads to
the prosperity of one's children ; one of four kinds, to
wealth and foremost renown. One made from five kinds