Risht Samucchaya

Author(s): Durgadevacharya, A S Gopani
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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THE RISTASAMUCCAYA
The RS and the YS"1
The RS mentions the life of one, who suddenly becomes fat or lean, to be for a month (st. 22), while the YS' gives him seven months' more life (5; 141). The RS declares that he, whose hands and feet dry up soon, lives only for s three days (st. 31); but the YS" allows him three days more (5; 165). It is stated in the RS that he is to live on this earth for four months if he loses his memory and the power of walking (st. 36) while the YS' gives him only ten days' life (5; 163). According to the RS, he lives for a day only, if he does not see his tongue and for three days, if he does not see his nose (st. 37), but according to the YS', he meets with an instantaneous death if such be the case (5; 167). The RS informs us that he lives for seven days if he does not hear (st. 38) but the YS' differs and gives him one month's life 15(5; 158-162). The RS emphatically declares that he, who says that the blazing sun is cold, dies soon even if the lord of gods protects him (st. 59), while the YS' is lenient and allows him to stay for two months on this earth (5; 156, 157). The RS (st. 62) and the YS' (5; 187) unanimously declare that his end 20 is fast approaching if the crows put bones etc. in his cooking place or bed room. If a sick man does not see his own shadow, he lives according to the RS for ten days (st. 75) while the YS' curses him with instantaneous death (5; 172). The RS and the YS' widely differ in every detail regarding their statement on 2 the 'shadows' (See RS, sts. 71-94; YS', 5; 168-172; 211-215; 218-224). He has to live for two months on this earth, according to the RS, if he is devoured by the crows or vultures in the dream (st. 122), while according to the YS' he meets with immediate death for the same reasons (5; 137). He lives for 30 a month, says the RS, if he is carried in the dream towards the southern direction on a buffalo, donkey or camel (st. 123) but the YS' pronounces an immediate end (5; 137). The RS opines that he lives for a month if he sees, in the dream, himself besmeared (st. 123) while the YS' generously allows him six months' s life (5; 151). If in the dream he vomits, he lives, according to the RS, for a couple of months (st. 122) but the YS' represents a view that grants him seven months' more life (5; 140). The RS grants him a week's life if his tongue cannot feel the taste
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1 See App. XIII, pp. 101 ff.