उपवनविनोद (आचार्य शार्ङ्गधर - वृक्षायुर्वेद, भू-जल संधान एवं उद्यान-विज्ञान सटीक)

88 UPAVANA VINODA
time of sowing, and sprinkle some water over them, they always produce
good fruits.
229. One should treat the bulbs of water-lily in Aṅkola oil, and keep it
in cowdung for some time, and then put it in a water pot full of hail
water and mud,—then flowers will surely come out of them.
230. One should purify (treat) a pit with burnt powders of the bone and
dung of cow and pig, then fill the pit with sands and sow the seeds of radish
in it, and the radish will be as big as the pit.
231. If one digs a pit in the ground with bricks all around, 4½ cubits
deep, and plants a tree in it (pit), it (the tree) always remains dwarfish and
bears flowers and fruits.
XV. HERE BEGINS THE SECTION CALLED ANNADINISHPATTI
JNANA—THE ASCERTAINMENT OF THE PRICES
AND GROWTH OF THINGS
232. One should do well to ascertain the cheapness of things as well as
the growth of corns through observation of the growth of leaves, and flowers
and fruits of trees.
233. One should predict the abundance of barley on seeing the luxurious
growth of the leaves and flowers and fruits of Banyan trees, of that of Śāli
rice through similar growth in Tinduka trees, and of all kinds of crops through
similar growth in Aśvattha.
234. One should do well to predict the growth of Māṣa from the
abundance of leaves, flowers and fruits of Jambū tree, of Mudga from
abundunce of the same things in Śirīṣa tree, of Godhūma from Madhuka
tree, and of Yava from Saptaparṇa tree.
235. One should predict the abundance of elephants from the
abundance (of leaves, flowers and fruits) of Hastikarṇa tree, of horses from
that of Aśvakarṇa, of cows from Pātalā trees, and of goats from plantain
trees.
236. Growth of leaves, flowers and fruits in Mango trees indicates the
prosperity of a country, that of Vallātaka trees indicates various causes of fear,
that of Pīlu tree indicates relief from diseases and that of Khadira and
Śamī trees forebodes famine, and that of Arjuna tree abundance of good
rain.
237. Abundance of flowers of Pichumanda and Nāgakeśara trees
indicates abundance of corns in a country, that of Kapittha means the chances
of storm, that of Vetasa means fear of drought, and that of Kutaja fear of
diseases.