History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c32.s2.t8.12

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Varāhamihira’s Bṛhat Saṃhitā (Brh.S. pt.1, ch.LIV. pp.499-526 (Eng tr.) by V.Subrahmanya Sastri and M.R.Bhat, 1947) prescribes certain asterisms that are beneficial for sinking wells: They are Rohiṇī, Puṣyā, Maghā, the three uttaras (Uttaraphalgunī, Uttaraṣadhā and Uttarabhādrapadā), Hasta, Anurādhā, Dhaniṣṭhā and Satabhiṣaj. The author gives effects of sinking wells in the different quarters of a village or town. He says that wells sunk in quarters other than south-east, south-west, north-west, would lead to auspicious results.