Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 2)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

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Names of the planets.
 

Sun.
 

Moon.
 

Mars.
 

Mercury.
 

Jupiter.
 

Venus.
 

Saturn.
 

What season they
indicate.
 

o
 

Varsha.
 

Grlshma.
 

Sarad.
 

Hemanta.
 

Vasanta.
 

Sisira.
 


 

What taste they
indicate.
 

Bitter.
 

Saltish.
 


 

A mixture of
all tastes.
 

Sweet.
 


 

...
 


 

^B'
 

What material
they indicate.
 

Bronze.
 

Crystal.
 

Gold.
 

Small pearls.
 

Silver, or if
the constella¬
tion is very
strong, gold.
 

Pearl.
 

Iron.
 

ALBE
 

^^^B
 

What dress and

clothes they

indicate.
 

Thick.
 

New.
 

Burned.
 

Wet from
water.
 

Between new
and shabby.
 

Whole.
 

Burned.
 

RUNTS
 

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PL, m
 

What angel they
indicate.
 

Nema (?).
 

Ambu, the
water.
 

Agni, the
fire.
 

Brahman.
 

Mahadeva.
 

Indra.
 


 

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What caste they
indicate..
 

Kshatriyas
and com¬
manders.
 

Vaisyas and
commanders.
 

Kshatriyas
and generals.
 

Siidras and
princes.
 

Brahmans
and minis¬
ters.
 

Brahmans
and minis¬
ters.
 


 


 

^B:
 

Which Veda they
indicate.
 

o
 

o
 

Samaveda.
 

Atbarvana-
veda.
 

Rigveda.
 

Yajurveda.
 

o
 


 

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The months of
pregnancy.
 

The fourth
month, in
which the
 

The fifth
month, in
which the
 

The second
month, in
which the
 

'Fhe seventh
month, in
which the
 

The third
month, in
which the
 

The first
month, in
which the
 

The sixth

month, when

the hair
 


 

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bones become
hard.
 

skin appears.
 

oinb}'ro
attains con¬
sistency.
 

child becomes

complete, and

receives the

memory.
 

limbs begin
to branch off.
 

semen and

the menstrual

blood become

mixed.
 

grows.
 


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