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TULSI-PRAJÑĀ, July- Sept., 1991
the sky (ukkā-padanam) with the ulkālaksanādhyāya ( 33 ) of the Brhat, appearance of an imaginary town in the sky (gan dhavva-nagara) with the Gandharva-nagara laksana (signs of aerial city, 36 ) of the Brhat, shower of dust (pamsu) with the rajo-laksana ( 38 ) of the Brhat, the conjunction of the evening twilight and the moonlight or यूपक 1 with the yūpaka of the Bṛhat, and a violent gust of wind (nigghata) with the nirghāta-laksanādhyāya (39) of the Brhat. 2
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Seventy-two kalas which incorporate the knowledge of various marks and signs such as distinguishing marks ( laksana) of men, women, horses, elephants, kine, cocks, umbrellas, staves, swords and gems etc. bave been dealt with under the chapters of purusa ( 68 ), kanyā (70), aśva (66), hasti (67), go (61), kukkuta (63), chatra (73), khadga ( 50 ) and ratna (80) etc. in the Brhat. The vatthuvijjā or the science of building, measurement of camps and cities forms another kala which is incorporated under the chapters entitled the Vastuvidya or architecture (53), containing 125 verses, the Vrksāyurveda ( 55 ), the Prāsāda-laksāna (56) and the Vajralepa- laksana (application of hard mortar or cement ( 57 ) in the Brhat.
Here in the chapter of the Vastuvidya certain important architectu1. It is particular conjunction of the class ākṛti-yoga (i.e. when all the planets are situated in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th houses), MW. The term is explained in the āva Cū (II, 221) as follows :
संज्ञप्पभा चंदप्पा य जेण जुगवं भवंति तेण जुवगो | सा य संज्ञप्पभा चंदप्पभा वरिता फिडंति न नज्जति, सुक्क पक्ख पाडिवगादिसु तिसु दिणेसु, संज्ञच्छेदे य अणज्जमाणे कालवे न मुति अतो तिष्णि दिणे पादोसियं कालं न गेव्हंति, तेसु तिसु दिसु पाद्ये सियं सुत्तपोरिसि न करेंति ।
2. Nisi Bhā, 19.6088-6117. āva Cū, II, pp. 217 241, the section on the asajjhāya-nijjutti in the gāthās is identical, except that the Niryukti and the Bhasya gāthās are mixed up. Also Mūlācāra (5.77-79) : दिसदाह-उक्क पडणं विज्जु चडुक्कासणिद धणुगं च । दुग्गंध लज्झदुद्दिण, चंदग्गहसूर-राहु जुज्झं च ॥ कलहादि धूमकेदू धरणी-कंपं च अब्भ-गज्जं च । इच्चे माइ बहुया सज्झाए वज्जिदा
दोसा ||
While Commenting on the Bhukampa-lakṣaṇädhyaya (32) the commentator Bhattotpala cited the following verses from Garga : निर्घातोल्का - मही- कम्पाः स्निग्ध-गंभीर - निःस्वनाः ।
मेघास्तनित - शब्दाश्च सूर्येन्दु-ग्रहणे तथा ॥
परिवेषेन्द्रचापं च गन्धर्वनगरं तथा ।
मण्डलैरेव बोद्धव्याः शुभाशुभ फलप्रदाः ॥२३॥
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