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अल्यष्टमं वृश्चिककुर्पिकीटाः धन्वी धनुश्चापशराशनानि ।मृगो मृगास्यो मकरश्च नक्रः कुम्भो घटस्तोयघराभिधानः॥
Scorpio is called Ali, Ashtama (the eighth), Vrishchika, Kaurpi and Kita; Sagittarius is Dhanvi, Dhanus, Chapa and Sharasana; Capricorn is Mriga, Mrigasya, Makara and Nakra; Aquarius is called Kumbha and Ghata, and by names meaning water-bearer.
english translation
मीनान्त्यमत्स्यपृथुरोमभवा वदन्ति दस्त्रादिकर्क्षनवपादयुताः क्रियाद्याः ।चक्रस्थिता दिविचरा दिननाथसंख्याः क्षेत्रर्क्षराशिभवनानि भसंज्ञितानि ॥
Pisces (Mina) is called Antya, Matsya and Prithuroma [and similar names]. The signs from Aries (Kriya) onward are formed of the nakshatras from Ashvini (dasra) in groups of nine quarters; they stand on the zodiac wheel, move in the sky, are twelve in number (equal to the Sun's count), and are named kshetra, riksha, rashi, bhavana and bha.
english translation
कालात्मकस्य च शिरोमुखदेशवक्षोहृत्कृक्षिभागकटिबस्तिरहस्यदेशाः । उरू च जानुयुगलं परतस्तु जङ्गे पादद्वयं क्रियमुखावयवाः क्रमेण ॥
The limbs of Kala-purusha (Time personified) for the signs Aries onward, in order, are: the head, the face region, the chest, the heart, the belly, the waist, the lower abdomen, the secret part, then the thighs, the pair of knees, after that the calves, and the pair of feet.
english translation
ज्यत्यस्तोभयपुच्छमस्तकयुतौ मीनौ सकुम्भो नरस्थौली चापधरस्तुरङ्गजधनो नक्रो मृगास्थो भवेत् ।वीणाढ्यं सगदं नृयुग्ममबला नौस्था ससस्यानलाशेषाः स्वस्वगुणाभिधानसदृशाः सर्वे स्वदेशाश्रयाः ॥
Now the forms of Pisces and the other signs. Pisces is two fish, each with its head at the other's tail; Aquarius is a man with a pot; Sagittarius is a bow-bearer [man] with a horse's hips (the word sthauli is unclear); Capricorn is a crocodile [joined with] a deer (mrigastha; the exact sense is uncertain); Gemini is a human pair, [one] with a veena and [one] with a mace; Virgo is a woman in a boat, holding grain and fire. The remaining signs resemble what their names suggest, and all rest on their own regions.
english translation
मेषस्य धातुकररत्नधरातलं स्यात् उक्ष्णस्तु सातुकृषिगोकुलकाननानि ।द्यूतकृयारतिविहारमही युगस्य वापीतटाकपुलिनानि कुलीरराशेः ॥
Now the description of the places of Aries and the other signs. Aries has mines of metals, gems and the ground; Taurus has hill-slopes [the text reads satu; sanu, hill-slope, is expected], farmland, cattle-pens and forests; Gemini has grounds for gambling, sport, love and pleasure; Cancer has wells, tanks and sandbanks.
english translation