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[Full title: Atmospheric Omens (4) Whirl-wind]

The whirl-wind portends the future differently according to the different directions in which it occurs. Hence it is If the whirl-wind occurs in the said to be of eight kinds. 65 64. For references to whirl-wind (nirghata), see MBh III. 156.4; Vedic Index 19.41; IX. 57.8,9,11,13,59.48, 49; XVI.1.2; Bhagavata Purana I.14.15. Other references to favourable and unfavourable winds in general are found at Adbhuta Br. 8; Ram. II.41.13; III.23.8,14; Vedic Index 4.46-47; 23.4,10; 41. 13,55.15,57.35,95.43, 106.21; MBh III.181.43; Vedic Index 3.19; VII.77.3,193.17; VIII.31.5, 39.9; Matsya Purana 153.164-5; 163.48; Bhagavata Purana IV. 5.7; Harivamsa I.42.18,19.34,36; Saura Pur. 60.14; Raghuvamsa 1.42; 3.14; 11.58; Kumara sambhava 1.22, Kiratarjuniya 6.25;14.28 and Kathasaritsagara XIV.107.89. 65. Varahamihira (Brhatsamhita by Varahamihira 39) does not deal with the nirghatas with reference to the directions. He describes their effects with reference to the portion of the day and the night in which they occur.

599 east, it indicates good rains, good crop and prosperity to the king; if in the north-east, it indicates abundance of corn; and if in the north, it indicates acquisition of (new) land. If it is observed in the north-west, there is the fear of theft and trouble to the horses. The whirl-wind in the west angurs danger to the king and trouble to acquatic creatures; and the one in the south-west predicts great danger to crops, cows, women and tribes (ganas). The whirl-wind seen in the south prognosticates trouble to the king and affects his life-period; and the one in the south-east forebodes danger to the country Anartta. 66 The sound of the whirl-wind is said to be audible up to one yojana. There is danger to those places where it is heard. The Raudri or the Abhaya santi should be performed to alleviate that danger (60.1.1-6).