INDIAN SHIPPING
Names. | Length. | Breadth. | Height. | |
(7) | Jaṅghālā | 128 | 16 | 1245 |
(8) | Plābinī | 144 | 18 | 1425 |
(9) | Dhāriṇī | 160 | 20 | 16 |
(10) | Beginī | 176 | 22 | 1735 |
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), 514 (breadth), 415 (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.
- ↑ अत्र लोला गामिनी च प्लाविनी दुःखदा भवेत्।
लोलाया मानमारभ्य यावद्भवति गत्वरा।
लोलायाः फलमाधत्ते एवं सर्व्वासु निर्णयः॥ - ↑ 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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