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Brihat Samhita

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जलपरिहीने देशे वृक्षः कम्पिल्लको यदा दृश्यः । प्राच्यां हस्तत्रितये वहति शिरा दक्षिणा प्रथमम् ॥ ५४-२१ ॥

If, on dry lands, the tree Campilla be seen to grow, there will be a current at the depth of 3 cubits to the east of the tree and the current will run southwards.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/54/22

मृन्नीलोत्पलवर्णा कापोता दृश्यते ततस् तस्मिन् । हस्ते अजगन्धको मत्स्यकः पयो अल्पं च सक्षारम् ॥ ५४-२२ ॥

In digging, at the depth of a cubit the soil will be of the colour of the blue lotus, or of the dove. Below it there will be seen a fish of the smell of the goat and below it there will be a small quantity of salt water.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/54/23

शोणाकतरोरपरोत्तरे शिरा द्वौ करावतिक्रम्य । कुमुदा नाम शिरा सा पुरुषत्रयवाहिनी भवति ॥ ५४-२३ ॥

On the north-western side of the tree Śoṇaka, at a distance of 2 cubits and at a depth of 3 men, there runs a current known as Kumuda.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/54/24

आसन्नो वल्मीको दक्षिणपार्श्वे विभीतकस्य यदि । अध्यर्धे भवति शिरा पुरुषे ज्ञेया दिशि प्राच्याम् ॥ ५४-२४ ॥

If an ant-hill be seen on the southern side of the Vibhītaka and near it, there will be a current at the depth of a man and a half to the east of the ant-hills.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/54/25

तस्यएव पश्चिमायां दिशि वल्मीको यदा भवेद्धस्ते । तत्रौदग्भवति शिरा चतुर्भिरर्धाधिकैः पुरुषैः ॥ ५४-२५ ॥

If an ant-hill be seen at the distance of a cubit to the west of the Vibhītaka, there will be a current at the depth of four men and a half running northwards.

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Chapter 54

Verses 26-30