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Brihat Samhita

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अजातशाखान्शिशिरे जातशाखान्हिमागमे । वर्षागमे च सुस्कन्धान् यथादिक्स्थान्प्ररोपयेत् ॥ ५५-०६ ॥

Trees that grow without branches shall be grown in the Śiśíra season, and in the Hemanta shall be grown trees that grow with branches; in the winter season shall be grown trees possessing good trunk. The trees may be planted in any quarter of the garden.

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घृतौशीरतिलक्षौद्रविडङ्गक्षीरगोमयैः । आमूलस्कन्धलिप्तानां संक्रामणविरोपणम् ॥ ५५-०७ ॥

The growing of trees by smearing over them from the root to the branches a mixture of ghee, of Uśīra. of seasmum seeds, of honey, of Viḍaṅga, of milk and of cow-dung, is known as Saṅkrāmaṇa growth.

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शुचिर्भूत्वा तरोः पूजां कृत्वा स्नानानुलेपनैः । रोपयेद्रोपितश्चएव पत्रैस्तैरेव जायते ॥ ५५-०८ ॥

The person planting the tree shall do so after bathing and after washing it with water and adorning it with sandal. The trees will then bear the leaves of their parent trees.

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सायं प्रातश्च घर्मऋतौ शीतकाले दिनान्तरे । वर्षासु च भुवः शोषे सेक्तव्या रोपिता द्रुमाः ॥ ५५-०९ ॥

In the dry season the trees shall be watered both in the morning and evening; in the cold season they shall be watered at mid-day, and in the rainy season whenever the ground is found dry.

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जम्बूवेतसवानीरकदम्बौदुम्बरार्जुनाः । बीजपूरकमृद्वीकालकुचाश्च सदाडिमाः ॥ ५५-१० ॥

The Jambū, the Vetasā, the Vānīra, the Kadamba, the Udumbara, the Arjuna, the Bījapūralca, the Mṛdvikā, the Lakuca, the Dāḍimā, the Vañjula, the Naktamāla, the Tilaka. the Panasa, the Timira and the Āmrātaka shall be grown on wet soil.

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Chapter 55

Verses 11-15