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INDIAN SHIPPING

	Names.	Length.	Breadth.	Height.
(7)	Jaṅghālā	128	16	12 4/5
(8)	Plābinī	144	18	14 2/5
(9)	Dhāriṇī	160	20	16
(10)	Beginī	176	22	17 3/5

Of these ten varieties of Dīrghā (दीर्घा) ships, those that bring ill-luck^[1] are Lolā (लोला), Gāminī (गामिनी), and Plābinī (प्लाविनी), and also all ships that fall between these three classes and their next respective classes.

II. Unnatā^[2] (उन्नता):

I. Dīrghā, 42 (length), 5 1/4 (breadth), 4 1/5 (height):

	Names.	Length.	Breadth.	Height.
(1)	Ūrddhvā	32	16	16
(2)	Anūrddhvā	48	24	24
(3)	Svarṇamukhī	64	32	32
(4)	Garbhiṇī	80	40	40
(5)	Mantharā	96	48	48

Of these five varieties, Anūrddhvā (अनूर्द्ध्वा), Garbhiṇī (गर्भिणी), and Mantharā (मन्थरा) bring on misfortune, and Ūrddhvā much gain or profit to kings.

1. अत्र लोला गामिनी च प्लाविनी दुःखदा भवेत्।
   लोलाया मानमारभ्य यावद्भवति गत्वरा।
   लोलायाः फलमाधत्ते एवं सर्व्वासु निर्णयः॥
   
   
2. राजहस्तद्वयमिता तावत् प्रसरणोन्नता।
   इयमूर्द्ध्वाभिधा नौका क्षेमाय पृथिवीभुजाम्॥
   ऊर्द्ध्वानूर्द्ध्वा स्वर्णमुखी गर्भिणी मन्थरा तथा।
   राजहस्तैकैकवृद्ध्या नाम पञ्चत्रयं भवेत्॥
   अत्रानूर्द्ध्वा गर्भिणी च निन्दितं नामयुग्मकम्।
   मन्थरायाः परा यास्तु ताः शुभाय यथोद्भवम्॥
   
   

   Opinions of Sanskrit scholars whom I have consulted differ as to the exact meaning of the passages above quoted from the MS. Yuktikalpataru. According to some the word राजा means चन्द्र = 1, and हस्त = 2, so that राजहस्त stands for the number 21. But according to others, with whom I agree, राजा = 16, for in the works on Astronomy or ज्योतिष्, 'महीभृत' or 'राजा' is often used to indicate that number. I have made the calculations given above on the basis of the second interpretation.

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