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day, in the forenoon, in a cloudless and windless place, with threefold purity of mind, speech and body, on an even and purified piece of land devoid of water,
husks, charcoals, leather, and any other shadow, 73 There is no doubt that according to scriptures the
shadow is clearly known to be threefold, namely, one's
own shadow, other's shadow and the shadow-man. 74 That shadow is, as a rule, styled his own shadow by
those proficient in interpreting the scriptures, when the shadow of his own body is seen there in the following
prescribed manner. 75 It is pronounced by the omniscient seers that if a sick
man who is standing there does not see his own shadow,
he lives, verily, for ten days. 76 His life is for two days if he sees two shadows. If he
sees half of his shadow, know his life (to be ) for two
days. 77 There is no room for doubt that his auspicious life is
only for a day if the mantrin even does not see his
(sick man's) shadow when he (mantrin) is looking at it. 78 Know his death to be immediate if he sees his own
shadow in various forms such as those of bull,
elephant, crow, donkey, buffalo or horse. 79 It is stated by the knowers of the scriptures that his
death is imminent if he sees his own shadow as if having a face bent downwards or turned away or
if he sees his own shadow as if distracted.. 80 His death is, as a rule, to take place shortly if he
sees, indeed, the shadow covered with smoke or burning
with fire or if he sees the shadow without a head. 81 He lives (respectively) for three or four or fiye. days
for six nights, respectively, if he sees his shadow (to
be) blue, yellow, black or red. 82 His life is, doubtless, for a single day if he sees the
shadow being cut off by black people, 83-84 · Or if he sees it torn to pieces with arrows, pikes, lances,
spears, iron-spears or knives or rent asunder with swords etc., or reduced to powder with clubs etc. he lives for seven days. His death is said to be imminent who does it weeping
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