[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.812 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.812 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.812 - **Language:** English ### [c9.812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.812) Mixed medicines, black grains, cotton, grass, dried cow-dung, charcoal, molasses, one whose head is shaven clean or whose body is smeared with oil or who is naked; flesh-eater; iron, dirt, skin, hair of the head, insane person, eunuch, prison, guard; women, who are either carrying or are widows; oil cake, paddy husk, ashes, skull, bone, broken vessel etc. are evil omens. Broken, fierce or murmuring instrumental music also is a bad omen. - [Previous: c9.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.811) - [Next: c9.813](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.813) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.812) · Pramāṇa