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Shiva Purana

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दिनानि पंच चारभ्य पंचविंशद्दिनावधि ॥ वामाचारगतौ नादः प्रमाणं कथितं तव ॥ ४१॥

Beginning with the fifth and ending with the twenty-fifth are the calculations of sound according to the left-hand practices.

english translation

भूतरंध्रदिशश्चैव ध्वजश्च वरवर्णिनि ॥ वामचारगतौ नादः प्रमाणं कालवेदिनः॥ ४२॥

O fair lady, Bhūtarandhra (?) the quarters and the banner are the sounds in the left hand practices.

english translation

ऋतोर्विकारभूताश्च गुणास्तत्रैव भामिनि ॥ प्रमाणं दक्षिणं प्रोक्तं ज्ञातव्यं प्राणवेदिभिः ॥ ४३ ॥

O fair lady, the attributes and the aberrations of the seasons constitute that in the right-hand practices. This shall be known by those who understand the motion of vital airs.

english translation

भूतसंख्या यदा प्राणान्वहंते च इडादयः ॥ वर्षस्याभ्यंतरे तस्य जीवितं हि न संशयः ॥ ४४ ॥

When the number of beings carries the life-force, the idas and others. There is no doubt that he will survive within a year.

english translation

दशघस्रप्रवाहेण ह्यब्दमानं स जीवति ॥ पंचदशप्रवाहेण ह्यब्दमेकं गतायुषम् ॥ ४५॥

He lives for a year with a flow of ten thousand miles One year of life has passed by fifteen flows.

english translation