Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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अगुलाभ्यन्तरे नाड़ी वक्रगा यदि तिष्ठति । मरणं तस्य जानीयात् सप्तभिः प्रहरैर्बुधः ।। V. ४५ ।।
(45) If the pulse of a person exists as moving crookedly inside the finger, the intelligent man should know, his death to take place after seven praharas.
अगुलाभ्यन्तरे नाड़ी मन्दस्पन्दगमा यदि ।
अष्टभिः प्रहरैर्मुत्युनिर्दिष्टो मुनिपुङ्गवैः ।। V. ४६ ।। (46) If the pulse of a person is going on (moving) by slowly beating inside the fingers, his death is ascertained by the great sages to take place after eight praharas.
स्थिरा नाड़ी मुखे यस्य विद्युद्योत इवेक्ष्यते । दिनैकं जीवितं तस्य द्वितीये म्रियते ध्रुवम् ।। V. ४७ ।।
(47) The life of a person whose pulse is felt once and again (Vidguddyota iva) like a lighting at the root (base) of the thumb by halting intermittently is only one day. On the second day his death will surely take place.
अगुलाभ्यन्तरे नाड़ी शीतला यदि तिष्ठति । प्रहरैवभिस्तस्य मरणं निश्चितं भवेत् ।। V. ४८ ।।
(48) If the pulse of a person exists (or is felt) as cold inside the fingers, his death will surely take place after nine praharas.
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