Sloka. 58. The degrees 21, 14, 18,8, 19,9 ,24, 11, 23, 14, 19, and 9 attained by the Moon b Mesha and the following signs respectively are called Pushkara and are to be taken as producing auspicious effects when a muhurtha, a birth or other such points are under consideration. These Pushkaras referred to in the text in Adhyaya VII, Sloka 25 infra.
SIokaas. 59.60. The inhabited region denoted by Mesha and the other signs are respectively (t) paala,(2) Karnata (3) Chera (4) Chola (5) (6) Pandya, (6) kerala, (7) Kollasa (8) Malaya (9) Saindhava (10) North panchala (11) Yavana and (12 Kosala.
Sloha, 61. The point of the compass which is assigned to the lord of a sign indicates the characteristic of Plava or slope of the sign. The name of the fourth house from that occupied by the Sun is called Abhijit. In the asrological work called Parijata the chapter defining the properties of signs have been propounded.
Notes. These are useful in locating the direction towards which a thief may have absconded in the case of queries regarding things stolen. A King that sets out on an expedition in the direction indicated by the Plava of. his Janma Rasi will soon return victorious after subduing his enemy. Thus ends the 1st Adhyaya on the Properties of signs in the work Jataka Parijata composed by Vaidyanatha under the auspices of the nine planets.