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Brihat Samhita

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/11/31

दृश्यो अमावास्यायां कपालकेतुः सधूम्ररश्मिशिखः । प्राङ्नभसो अर्धविचारी क्षुत्मरकावृष्टिरोगकरः ॥ ११-३१ ॥

Kapāla Ketu is visible on new-moon days; its tail is of the colour of smoke; its course lies through the eastern half of the visible hemisphere; when it appears mankind will suffer from hunger, death, drought and disease.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/11/32

प्राग् वैश्वानर मार्गे शूलाग्रः श्यावरूक्षताम्रार्चिः । नभसस्त्रिभागगामी रौद्र इति कपालतुल्यफलः ॥ ११-३२ ॥

Raudra Ketu is a comet resembling the dagger’s end and is of a dull red colour; it appears in the south-east and travels through a third of the sky and produces the same effects as the Kapāla Ketu.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/11/33

अपरस्यां चलकेतुः शिखया याम्याग्रयाङ्गुलौच्छ्रितया । गच्छेद्यथा यथोदक्तथा तथा दैर्घ्यं आयाति ॥ ११-३३ ॥

Cala Ketu is a comet which appears in the west with a tail an inch in length pointing to the south; as it proceeds more and more towards the north, it increases in length.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/11/34

सप्तमुनीन्संस्पृश्य ध्रुवं अभिजितं एव च प्रतिनिवृत्तः । नभसो अर्धमात्रं इत्वा याम्येनास्तं समुपयाति ॥ ११-३४ ॥

After touching the Pole star or the constellation of Abhijit, it turns back and after travelling one half of the sky disappears in the south.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/11/35

हन्यात्प्रयागकूलाद्यावदवन्तीं च पुष्करारण्यम् । उदगपि च देविकां अपि भूयिष्ठं मध्यदेशाख्यम् ॥ ११-३५ ॥

When this Ketu appears, the country between Prayāga (Allahabad) and Avantī, the forests near Puṣkara, the north, the country of Devikā and Madhyadeśa will perish.

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Chapter 11

Verses 36-40