Detecting buried salya by augury

Prāṇa relevance

Sources

• txt-brihat-samhita53.104–109Classical✓ verifiedfull augury procedure

Other attributes

Rule Class

procedure

Statement

Entering the (half-)finished house, the diviner notes which limb of the House-God the owner stands on and which of his own limbs he touches. A harsh bird-cry from a sun-heated quarter signals a buried bone in the corresponding limb's spot; cries of elephant, horse or dog likewise signal a bone of that animal; a donkey braying at the stretching of the measuring cord, or a dog or jackal crossing it, signals a salya of that animal class; a sweet warble from a tranquil quarter signals buried treasure, at a depth equal to the height of the touched limb (depth rule per commentary).

Commentary Detail

Utpala's exposition of the heated quarters: in each watch one quarter is Angarini (ember-bearing), the next Dipta (blazing), the next Dhumita (smoking), the remaining five Shanta (tranquil), rotating clockwise watch by watch from NE/E/SE at sunrise [CLASSICAL — txt-utpala-vivrti]. A direction–time state system; future tmp- modeling candidate (Q23).

Tag

CLASSICAL