History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.367

v7.c99.367

Bṛhat-saṁhitā of Varāhamihira, 69-70, 150n, 187, 191n, 193, 216n, 242n, 465n, 476 (on units of time from kṣaṇa to kalpa), 477, 516 (praise of Yavana astrology), 517n, 519, 520, 526 (birds' flights indicate good or bad acts of person going on journey in his former lives), 530, 531n, 540-41, 543n, 547n, 559-60, 561n, 564, 574n, 584, 589n, 591-94 (names of predecessors), 607n, 608-09, 611, 613n, 616, 622, 624, 637n, 650-55, 658, 660, 662, 680, 683n, 704, 708, 711n, 731 (45th chap of, on Śāntis), 745-47, 763 (causes of earthquakes), 764 (premonitory signs of earthquakes), 765 (criticizes vṛddha Garga and Parāśara), 767n, 768n (quotes 12 verses of Ṛṣiputra), 769, 773-74, 783n, 793 (Puṣya-snāna), 794n, 795n, 797, 801, 804-05, 826, 877 (verses that are also found in Matsya and Viṣṇudharmottara), 878, 996 (Buddha image described), 1024 (mentions mantra 'Yāntu Devagaṇāḥ' used even now), 1046n (rules about images of Durgā), 1132 (on Maṇḍala), 1528 (names of countries in Bhāratavarṣa).