268 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 



Some other panditas and hadjis do not agree entirely with 

 the significance of certain letters as above noted. Datu Mastura, 

 of Nuling, gives the following significance of the letters : 



Good. Equallygood 



and bad. ^^''• 



I Alip ^^ Geim ^ J,a 



v^ Ba 14 Dsal jr Zai 



v::. Ta > Ta ^^ Sin 



vij Tsa > La ^^ Xim 



^ Jaa ^ Gain ^ Ain / 



> Dal I _^ Mim ^ Kap (strong) 



y- Ra ^ Ya V Lam 



Sada ^ Uau . Lamalip 



Lad ^ Pa ^ Ambia 



^ Kap 

 ^ Nun 



*-^ TT 



u> ^^ 



In weighing the probable outcome of the disease by the aual 

 and the agir found in the Koran, the agir is much more im- 

 portant. If both letters or if the agir alone is of bad significance 

 the prognosis of the disease is bad. If both letters or if the 

 agir is good the prognosis is good. If the aual and the agir 

 found are the same letter, a tangung results; the prognosis is 

 bad, especially when they are both the letter alip; then the 

 patient will irremissibly die. 



The prognosis of the disease is influenced by the cutica, or 

 the hour period {wactu) , in which it begins. The good cutica 

 in regard to disease are maisuara, sry, and bisnu, and the non- 

 favorable cutica are kala and barahama. During the first day 

 of any month the maisuara occupies the hour period subu, which 

 is about from 6 in the forenoon to 2 in the afternoon; the kala 

 reigns during the period of lujur, which is about from 2 to 4 

 in the afternoon; the sry reigns during the asal period, which 

 is about from 4 to 6 in the afternoon; the barahama reigns 

 during the magarib period, which is about from 6 to 8 in the 

 afternoon; and the bisnu reigns on the hour period aisa, which 

 is about from 8 in the evening to 6 in the morning. During 

 the following days the cutica rotate in order, until the end of 

 the month, when at the beginning of the new month the maisuara 

 again reigns at the subu period. 



