Agnipurana 130
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The Lord said: / I will declare the fourfold spheres for the sake of victory. / Kṛttikā, Maghā, Puṣya, Pūrvaphalgunī,
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Viśākhā, Bharaṇī, and Pūrvabhādrapadā / form the fire-sphere, O auspicious lady; I will declare its characteristics.
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If wind shifts here, [or if there is] a halo around the moon or the sun, / an earthquake, an atmospheric crash, an eclipse of the moon or the sun,
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smoke and flames, a burning of the cardinal points, the sighting of a comet, / a shower of blood, heatwaves, and the falling of stones;
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eye disease, diarrhoea, and fire will become intense; / cows will yield little milk, and trees will have few blossoms and fruits;
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there will be destruction of crops, and one should predict scant rainfall. / The four social classes will be afflicted, and all men will suffer hunger.
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The Saindhavas, the Yāmunas, the Gurjaras, the Bhojas, the Bāhlīkas, / Jālandhara, Kāśmīra, and the northern region as the seventh—
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these regions will perish upon the appearance of that portent. / Hastā, Citrā, Maghā, Svātī, Mṛgaśīrṣa, or Punarvasu,
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Uttarāphalgunī, and Aśvinī as well:
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when any [portent] occurs among these, one should designate it as the wind-sphere.
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All subjects will lose their righteousness, wailing in distress and bewildered. / Ḍāhala, Kāmarūpa, Kaliṅga, Kośala,
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Ayodhyā, Avantī, the Koṅkaṇas, and the Andhras will be destroyed. / Āśleṣā, Mūla, Pūrvāṣāḍhā,
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Revatī, Śravaṇa, and Uttarabhādrapadā: / when any [portent] moves here, one should designate it as the water-sphere.
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Cows will have abundant milk and clarified butter; trees will bear abundant flowers and fruit; / freedom from disease will arise there, and the earth will produce abundant crops.
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Grains will be of fair value, and there will be abundance for the king. / [Yet] between the kings, there will be fierce warfare.
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Jyeṣṭhā, Rohiṇī, Anurādhā, Śravaṇa, / Dhaniṣṭhā, Uttarāṣāḍhā, and Abhijit as the seventh:
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when any [portent] moves here, one should designate it as Indra's sphere. / In this, the people will be delighted and free from all diseases;
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kings make peace, and there is auspicious abundance for the king. / An eclipse is known to be of two kinds: the great one causing a head and a tail.
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If the Moon, Rāhu, and the Sun are situated in the same zodiacal sign, / it is known as an eclipse at the head; it is said to be at the tail in the seventh house.
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1. "yadyatra bhavate" according to ja.
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2,3. "yadātra labhate" according to cha.
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4. "yathā sthitaḥ" according to kha, ga, gha, ṅa, and ja; "yadā sthitaḥ" according to ja and jha.
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When the Moon moves in the fifteenth asterism from the Sun / at the arrival of the division of lunar days, one should designate it as a lunar eclipse.
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Thus ends the one hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled "The Maṇḍala in the Ocean of Victory in Battle", in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now, the one hundred and thirty-first chapter.
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The Hurt Wheel and related topics.
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