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

Adh. CII. Sl. 5-7.] अधिकशततमोऽध्यायः 763
मूलमषाढा पूर्वा प्रथमश्चाप्युत्तरांशको धन्वी ।
मकरस्तत्परिशेषं श्रवणः पूर्वं धनिष्ठाधंम् ॥५॥
Sloka 5.—Sign (धनुस-Dhanus) Sagittarius comprises
the whole of Mula and Purva-ashadha and the first quarter
of Uttara-ashadha ; sign (मकर- Makara) Capricorn, of the
remaining three quarters of Uttara-ashadha, the whole of
Sravana and the first half of Dhanishta.
कुम्भोऽन्त्यधनिष्ठाधं शतभिषगंशत्रयं च पूर्वा याः ।
भद्रपदायाः शेषं तथोत्तरा रेवती च झषः ॥६॥
Sloka 6.—Sign (कुम्भ-Kumbha) Aquarius comprises
the latter half of Dhanishta, the whole of Satabhishak and
the first three qarters of Purvabhadra ; sign (मीन-Meena)
Pisces, the last qurter of Purvabhadra, and the whole of
Uttarabhadra and Revati.
अश्विनीपित्र्यमूलाद्या मेषसिंहहयादयः ।
विषमर्क्षाभिवर्त्तन्ते पादवृद्ध्या यथोत्तरम् ॥७॥
Sloka 7.—The signs Mesha, Simha and Dhanus
commence with the beginning of Aswini, Magha and Mula
respectively ; and the odd asterisms '(beginning with the
third) retire from each sign with one or more quarters in
an increasing order.
The 3rd Star is Krittika; it closes Mesha with its first quarter.
Mrigasiras is the 5th ; it closes Vrishabha with its second quarter ;
and so on.
Thus ends the 102nd Adhyaya on "The Division of the Zo-
diac into Signs".