Jātaka Pārijāta
Chapter 1 · rāśiśilādhyāyaḥ · राशिशिलाध्यायः · Verse 9
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
अथ मीनादीनां स्वरूपवर्णनम् ।
ज्यत्यस्तोभयपुच्छमस्तकयुतौ मीनौ सकुम्भो नर\-
स्थौली चापधरस्तुरङ्गजधनो नक्रो मृगास्थो भवेत् ।
वीणाढ्यं सगदं नृयुग्ममबला नौस्था ससस्यानला
शेषाः स्वस्वगुणाभिधानसदृशाः सर्वे स्वदेशाश्रयाः
IAST Transliteration
atha mīnādīnāṃ svarūpavarṇanam | jyatyastobhayapucchamastakayutau mīnau sakumbho nara\- sthaulī cāpadharasturaṅgajadhano nakro mṛgāstho bhavet | vīṇāḍhyaṃ sagadaṃ nṛyugmamabalā nausthā sasasyānalā śeṣāḥ svasvaguṇābhidhānasadṛśāḥ sarve svadeśāśrayāḥ
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English

Sign Pisces consists of two fishes with their two tails and heads in reversed positions. Aquarius is symbolised by a man with a pot. Libra is a person with a balance. Sagittarius is a man armed with a bow, the hinder part of the body being that of a deer. Gemini constitute a pair of human beings bearing a harp and a mace. Virgo is a woman standing in a boat carrying with her corn and fire. The remaining signs correspond to things with properties indicated by their respective names. Each one of them inhabits the region appropriate thereto.

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