Narapatijayacarya 13.7
Narapatijayacaryā 13.7
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13.7
u ū aṃ aḥ ṅa ñaṇa na mā dagdhāḥ |
durbhikṣaṃ jāyate śīghrananāsti sandrahakārakam ||
U, ū, aṃ, aḥ, ṅa, ña, ṇa, na, and ma are burnt (dagdha); / famine arises quickly, causing shortage [of food].
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atheti--annaiḥ ṣaḍrasairityupalakṣitam māsākṣaraṃ yasminmāse praśno jātastanmāsākṣaraṃkhyāṃ vikrayavastunāmākṣarasaṃkhyā praśne praśnākṣarasaṃkhyāsu miśrayet yojayet arthāt māsākṣarasaṃkhyāṃ vikrayavastunāmākṣarasaṃkhyāṃ praśnākṣarasaṃkhyāmekatra yojayet dvādaśabhirbhāmāharetṛ śeṣenārghaṃ jānīyāt | tataścaitrādyamupakramyavidvān viṣamaṃ samamiti gaṇayet | viṣame śeṣāṃke tatpaṇyaṃ samardhatāmeti | samaśeṣāṃke maharghatāmeti | tadyathā ekaśeṣe caitre māsi tadvastunaḥ samarghatā | dviśeṣe vaiśākhe māsi tadvastuno maharghatā | evamagre'pi bodhyam | atha prakārāntaramāha--a e ka ca ṭata pa ya śa uttarāḥ | eteṣāṃ praśre prathamākṣare śālyādivṛddhirvarṣe bhaviṣyatīti vaktavyā evaṃ ā ai kha cha ṭhatha pha ra ṣā adharāḥ | i o ga ja ḍa da ba la sā utṛtarottarā | ī au gha bha ḍha dha bha va hā adharādharāḥ | u ū aṃ aḥ ṅa ña ṇa na mā napuṃsakāḥ | anyatspaṣṭam ||
Thus ends the Section on Price Forecasting.
Now on this: "by foods having six tastes..." It is indicated: the phoneme-count of the month in which the query was posed, one should combine—that is, add—to the phoneme-count of the name of the merchandise to be sold and the phoneme-count of the query. That is to say, one should add together the phoneme-count of the month, the phoneme-count of the name of the merchandise to be sold, and the phoneme-count of the query; one should divide [the sum] by twelve, and by the remainder one should know the price. Then, starting from Caitra, the wise man should count odd and even. If the remainder number is odd, that merchandise becomes cheap. If the remainder number is even, it becomes dear. Namely: when the remainder is one, in the month of Caitra there is cheapness of that commodity; when the remainder is two, in the month of Vaiśākha there is dearness of that commodity. In this way it should be understood for the further months too.
Now he states another method: a, e, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya, śa are the upper ones. If the first phoneme in the query is among these, one should predict that there will be an increase of rice-paddy and the like in that year. Likewise, ā, ai, kha, cha, ṭha, tha, pha, ra, ṣa are the lower ones. i, o, ga, ja, ḍa, da, ba, la, sa are higher-upper. ī, au, gha, jha, ḍha, dha, bha, va, ha are lower-lower. u, ū, aṃ, aḥ, ṅa, ña, ṇa, na, ma are neuter. The rest is clear.
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- Jayalakṣmī — Harivaṃśa Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit