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72. Madhyadanda parsvagama saiva satapadi kace 

 atidustaugusthamita dirghadusta yatha yatha, 



73. Asrupatahamigandahrdgalaprothavastisu 145 

 katis^nkhajanumuskakakunnabhigudesu ca ; 

 daksakuksau daksapade tvasubho bhramarah sada. 



74. G-alamadhye prsthamadhye uttarosthe' dhare tatha, 

 karnanetrantare vamakuksau caiva tu parsvayoh 



urusu ca subhavarto vajinam agrapadayoh. 150 



75. Avartau santarau phale siiryacandrau subbapradau 

 militau tau madhyapbalau hyatilagnau tu dusphalau. 



76. Avartatritayam phale subbam cordbvam tu santaram 

 asubham catisaiiilagnam avartadvitayam tatha. 



72. If tbe feather is in the midst formed like a stick, is turned 



towards the sides, is on the head, it is a Satapadt ; it is 

 very bad if it is a thumb broad, in proportion as it is 

 long it is good. 



73. If a feather is on the place where the tears fall, on the cheek, 



jaw, heart, neck and abdomen, on the buttock, temple, 

 knee, penis, hump, navel and anus, if on the right 

 belly, on the right foot, that is always an unlucky 

 feather. 



74. A good horse-feather is on the middle of the neck., on the 



middle of the back, on the upperlip, likewise on the 

 underlip, between eye and ear, on the left belly, on the 

 two sides, on the loins and on the frontlegs. 



75. Two feathers apart on the forehead, Suryaeandrau (sun and 



moon) give luck, if not apart they are pretty good, but 

 surely unlucky, if much mixed. 



76. Three perpendicular and apart standing feathers on the 



forehead are lucky, but two (similar) much mixed 

 feathers are unlucky, 



