368 ON THE INDIAN, &C. 



resting on one foot, is exhibited by Yavana as the fi- 

 gure of the Drishcdna in the middle of Mesha *. "t 



3. [Jufiter] a fierce and wrathful man, conver- 

 sant with arts, of a tawny complexion, solicitous of 

 action, but unsteady in his resolves, holds in his hands 

 a raised stick, and wears red clothes. He is the third 

 in the tripatite division o( Mesha. 



4. [Venus] A woman with hair clipped and curled, 

 a body shaped like a jar, her clothes burnt, herself 

 thirsty, disposed to eat, and fond of ornaments : such 

 is the figure of the first in Plishabha. 



5. fMERCURY] A man with the head of a goat, and 

 a shoulder like a bull, clothed in dirty apparel, skilful 

 in regard to the plough and the cart, acquainted with 

 field, grain, house, and kine, conversant with arts ; 

 and, in disposition, voracious. 



6. [Saturn] A man with a body vast as an ele- 

 phants, and feet great as a Sarabhds\^ with white 

 teeth and a tawny body, his mind busied upon the wool 

 of wild sheep, occupies the extremity of the sign Taurus. 



7. [Mercury] Such as are conversant with the sub- 

 ject, declare the first in-the tripartite partition of the 

 third sign, to be a woman fond of working with the 

 needle, beautiful, delighting in ornaments, childless, 

 amorous, and with her arms elevated. 



8. [Venus] Iji the middle of the 

 sign Gemini is a man, with the face 



T 6 T r A L A expounds this " declared by Y a v a k c h a r y a" 

 f A ;..onster with ciglit legs, who destroys elephants. 



