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156 Imagine fifteen on the left hand and fifteen on the right hand; imagine bright half on the left and dark half on the right.
157 Imagine the days of fortnight on the fingers of both the hands. One should contemplate carefully what is manifest on the lines.
158 Having cleaned the pair of hands with the bright, yellow pigment, charge it hundred times with the mantric power and (then) see it.
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That man lives for as many days, months and years as there are black dots on the joint of the hand. When one asks regarding a sick person, having set aside that question, let a (fresh) question be put (by him), having (first) uttered in his mouth this mantra (Om hrim vada vada vāgvādini satyam hrīm svāhā ). 161 Having doubled all the letters and quadrupled the prosodial instants let the total be divided by vowels. He dies, if a remainder is even; and lives, if it is odd. All the letters should be divided into two parts and then again they should be divided by fourteen. (The sick man in question) lives, if the remainder is odd and dies, if it is even or a zero.
There are (eight) groups, (namely), A, K, C, T, T P, J, and S. All the Ayas such as Dhaya, Aggi, Siha, Sana, Vasaha, Khara, Gaya, and Dhankha are to be distributed among these.
164 According to scriptures, all the Ayas should be divided, a rule, into four groups, namely, Jaliya, Āliñgiya, Daddha and Santa.
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165 Put all the Ayas in a straight line, the respective order being Alingiya, Daḍḍha, Jaliya and Santa. All the Ayas beginning from Dharkha and ending in Sana are certainly to be known as having the foot (in the form of a zodiacal sign).
The zodiacal sign called Aries should be placed below Saya and Vasaha. It is to be so understood further There are, verily, twelve zodiacal signs beginning Aries and ending in Pisces.
aid that the zodiacal sign called Aries has Assiņi, It is d Kittiya as its quarters. It is so, further Bharan last lunar mansion called Revai
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