Brihat Samhita
प्रेतप्रहरणखरकरभनक्रकपिदंष्ट्रिलाङ्गलमृगाभाः । गोधाअहिधूमरूपाः पापा या चौभयशिरस्का ॥ ३३-०९ ॥
Ulkā (meteor) is an appearance with a large head, a very small tail and of the length of a man’s body; as it falls it increases in length. This appearance is of several kinds.
english translation
pretapraharaNakharakarabhanakrakapidaMSTrilAGgalamRgAbhAH । godhAahidhUmarUpAH pApA yA caubhayaziraskA ॥ 33-09 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript