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INTRODUCTION
Chapter forty-eighth deals with the topic of victory. It included victory over kings, ganas, cities, etc. Victorious expeditions were undertaken in spring when the trees were green, and flowers, fruits, furniture, cloths, ornaments, conveyances, etc. were auspicious to the occasion. (194-201).
Chapter forty-ninth deals with prognostications about defeat. (201-202).
Chapter fiftieth deals with the various defects of the body and diseases and the prognosti cations concerning them. (202-203).
Chapter fifty-one is devoted to the propitiation of gods and goddesses. They are : Sura, Gand havva, Vasava, Jakkha, Pitara, Peta. Ādichcha, Assiņa, Aritha, Avvābādbā, Devadīta, Sārassata, Gaddatoya; Vahni, Achchharata, Varuņakāiya, Vesamaņukäiya, Jakkha, Aggikaiya, Soma, Chanda, Ādichcha, Gaha, Baldeva, Vāsudeva, Siva, Vessamaņa, Khanda, Visāba, Aggi, Māruya, Sagara, Nadi, Indaggi, Brahma, Inda, Kāma, Udaladala, Girī, Jama, Ratti, Divasa, Airāņi, Siri, Pudhavi, Ekaņāsā, Navamigā, Surädevi, Nägi, Suvannā, Divakumāra, Samuddakumāra, Aggikumāra, Vaukumāra, Thanita, Vijjukumära, Vemāņikadeve. The gods are said to be adhipati, sāmāņiya and abhiyogika, parisovavaņņa. Vessavaņa is said to be the patron god of the merchants and richmen; Varuņa the lord of the seas ; Indra as suzerain lord ; Siva as lord of cows, buffaloes and sheep ; Senāpati Kārtikeya is associated with the cock and peacock ; Khandha with a boy ; Visāha with sheep, ram, boy and sword; Aggi with flames, etc. Then there are goddesses of vegetation (vaņassati-kaņņā), of bills (pavvata-devatā), of the seas, rivers, wells, tanks, ditch (samudda-nadi-talāga-pallala-devayāto), of directions (disā), of intellect (buddbi), and of creepers (latā), of objects (vatthu), of city (nagaradevatā). It also refers to ārya-devatäs and mlechchadevatās. (204-206).
Chapter fifty-second deals wiih the prognosticatious made from the rainbow, lightning, thunder, sun, moon, planets, stars, yuga, samvatsara, month, fortnight, ukkāpāta (falling comet), disā lāha, eventide, etc. Then follows a detailed description of the Nakshatras and the prognostications made with their help. (206-209).
Fifty-third chapter deals with heavenly portents boding calamity (uppataņa). These portents come from the unusual behaviour of planets, day, night, earth, sky, comets, clouds, directions, rainfall of blood and flesh, lightning, rainfall, eventide. These all come under atmospheric disturbances. The terrestrial disturbances pertain to men, animals, birds, vegetation, rivers and hills, houses, furniture, utensils, etc. Also within the scope come disturbances in the city or district, breaking of certain archi. tectural member, falling of lightning on buildings, or Indradhvaja, absence or otherwise of the rainfall, portent in certain utensils, conveyances and forest, etc. (210-211).
Chapter fifty-fourth deals with valuable and valueless objects. The valuable objects are said to be of four categories—dhaņasāra (riches), mittasāra (friendship), issariyasāra (kingship), and vjjāsāra (knowledge). The first pertains to the possession of land, field, garden, village, city. House with furniture etc. is zihasāra, Dhanasāra is further subdivided into maņussasārs and tirikkha jonigata-sāra. Under the latter category come elephants, cows, buffaloes, sheep, camels, donkeys, etc. Dhaņasāra is of twelve kinds (1) vitta sāra (income), (2) suvanna (gold), (3) ruppa (silver), (4) mani (precious stones), (5) muttā (pearls), (6) vattha (clothes),(7) abharana (ornaments), (7) sayaņāsaņa (beds and furniture), (8) bhāyana (utensils), (9) davvopakarana (means of making money), (10) abbhupahajja (11) dhanna (grain), (12) jāņa (conveyance). Mittasāra is divided into five classes-(1) sambandhi (relatives), (2) mittá (friend), (3) vayassa (confidant), (4) women (5) kammakāra-bhichcha (workmen and servants).
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