Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.10.3

c6.10.3

birth-marks (pinya?) resulting from the nakṣatra occupied by the Moon at the time of the native's birth (pp. 147–151); boils or pimples (piṭaka) as omens (pp. 151–154); two chapters on oneiromancy (pp. 154–164); astral and atmospheric omens in each month (pp. 164–166; in prose); omens from the wagtail (khañjarīṭaka) (pp. 166–167); from the howling of the jackal (śivāruta) (pp. 167–171; in prose); palmistry (pāṇilekhā) (pp. 172–175); omens from the cawing of crows (vāyasaruta) (pp. 175–180); omens from the shape and appearance of a house (dvāralakṣaṇa) (pp. 180–182); determining the thought of the client from his touching by chance one of twelve circles drawn by the astrologer (pp. 183–187); the qualities of a maiden having various physical features (kanyālakṣaṇa) (pp. 187–191); garments as the Moon is in each nakṣatra (p. 192); the omens used for agriculture (pp. 193–197); supernatural beings (pp. 197–200; very corrupt); omens from smoke (dhūmika) (p. 201); and actions to be undertaken on each tithi of a pakṣa (tithikarma) (pp. 201–203). Thus, to the original contents of the omen sections of the text, which depend almost exclusively on the nakṣatra occupied by the Moon, have been appended the most heterogeneous material relating to dreams, physiognomy, the cries of animals and birds, and so on. All of these forms of omens, of course, occur in other texts.