Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c6.44

c6.44

The Bṛhatsaṃhitā³⁶ itself is the classical work on *saṃhitā*. It is divided in different editions into 106 or 107 *adhyāyas*,³⁷ which cover most of the topics of the GS.³⁸ The remaining topics include: the moral, physical, and intellectual attributes of an astrologer (BS 2; cf. YJ 51, 12–20); the motion of Ursa Maior (Saptarṣis) (BS 13); the characteristics of the years belonging to each of the planets (BS 19; see YJ 78, 11–17); on sudden rainstorms (BS 28); on flowers and creepers (BS 29); on the “burning of the directions” (BS 31; see Pariśiṣṭa LVIII); on rainbows (*indrāyudha*; BS 35); on the Gandharva cities formed by clouds (BS 36); on mock Suns (BS 37); on the ripening of grain (BS 39); on the objects associated with each zodiacal sign (BS 40; see YJ 4); on the fluctuation of prices (*arghakāṇḍa*; BS 41); on the lustration of arms (*nīrājana*; BS 43); on wagtails (BS 44; see Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, pp. 166–167); on the Puṣya ablution (BS 47); on honorary turbans (*paṭṭa*; BS 48); on swords (*khaḍga*; BS 49); on boils or pimples (BS 51; see Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna, pp. 151–154); on arbori-