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THE RISTASAMUCCAYA
Dream as a part of the Science of Omens and Portents is dealt with at a comparatively greater length in the Vedic literature1. Ten dreams prognosticating death are briefly related in the AA. Out of these ten, it is interesting to 5 compare the dream of a black man with black teeth, that of a boar, a black cow, a garland of nard, honey and lotus roots and that in which gold is spitted out, in which one goes or moves with donkeys and boars and finally that in which one goes in the southern direction10 with those referred to in 10 the RS and the other texts. It will be seen on comparison that the stereotyped inauspiciousness of the above-mentioned malefic dreams which is as old as the Vedas is to be found as such in all the cultures. To neutralize the evil effect of an inauspicious dream it is enjoined that one should either wipe 15 out his face or hear the Nagendramokṣa". Certain stars like Mūla, Aśleṣa and Jyeṣṭha are considered evil, in the AV and KauS1. The sun appearing as moon, the shadow looking topsyturvy in a mirror or water, the head scenting like a crow's nest and the madderlike sky-all these abnormal
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1 RV, viii. 47. 15; OLDENBERG's note to x. 164.
2 iii. 2. 4; For evil dream, one should turn over on the other side, saying AV. vii. 100 and for expiating the dream of eating in sleep should say AV. vii. 101 (cf. CALAND, Altindisches Zauberritual, p. 151; PISCHEL, Album Kern, pp. 115 ff); Kaus, xlvi; see also J. Von. NEGELEIN, Der Traumschlussel des Jagaddeva (1912), p. 378.
3 Cf. st. 126 of the text; cf. DS, pp. 388 f. (for which see line 25 on page 109 of the text).
4 Cf. st. 123 of the text; cf. SS, 29, 56 (for which see line 34 on page 103 of the text).
5 See A4, iii, 2, 4; pp. 135ff (for which see line 22 on page 97 of the text). 6 Ibid; cf. DS, pp. 388f (for which see line 25 on page 109 of the text). 7 See AA, iii, 2, 4; pp. 135ff (for which see line 21 on page 97 of the text). 8 Ibid;
9 Cf. st. 123 of the text; cf. SS, 29, 56 (for which see line 34 on page 103 of the text).
10 Cf. st. 123 of the text; cf. VP, 19, 25 (for which see line 23 on page 98 of the text); cf. MatP, 242, 11 (for which see line 2 on page 99 of the text); cf. KS, pp. 59-61, st. 22 (for which see line 6 on page 101 of the text); cf. CS, Indriyasthana, 5, 37 (for which see line 1 on page 102 of the text); cf. Y'S', 5, 151 (for which see line 12 on page 105 of the text).
11 Cf. MatP, 242, 17 (for which see line 3 on page 99 cf the text). 12 See AV, pp. 83, 85; see KauS. xlvi. 25ff.
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