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lying East and North. Choose a lucky hdrd* in Tunuturu nekei (Uttara- 

 pala, Uttarasala, Uttaraputupa) on Guru (Thursday). The threshing- 

 floor thus constructed will ensure success as desired. 



260. 



In the midst of fortunate Bamba (Brahma) portion, dig the arakvala 

 (lit. 'protection hole'), clear the boundary drain, and have the arakgala 

 (•guardian- stone') brought and placed by the hands of a male child with 

 perfect features like Turupati (moon.) 



261, 



Joyfully bathe the body with perfumed water : there sacrifice duly 

 to the demons, offer ashes charmed by mantras, and encircle the thresh- 

 ing-floor with a thread hallowed by the Navaguna-gdthdva. 



The MS. from Pasdun Korale gives a somewhat different dia- 

 gram. 



E. 



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Threshing-floor Diagram. 

 The eight we/eeif next the twelve at the cardinal points are unlucky. 

 Know that the middle eight neket will bring luck. Place Rivi (sun) at 

 the top (starting point) and calculate Southwards. Thus counting, 

 resolve the threshing-floor diagram. 



* " Astrologers suppose that the same seven gods to whom the supervision 

 of the days of the week are appropriated, preside over each successive seven 

 hdrds, beginning from that one to whom the day belongs, but in the following 

 order, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars," — C. A. S. 

 Journ. 1856-8, p. 182.) 



