Sumati Jnana

SR No.: 012067
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shivkant Dwivedi, Navneet Jain
Publisher: Shantisagar Chhani Granthamala
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 14 MB

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Sumati-Jñāna Breaking up of big clouds in the sky
Frequent urination in human beings · Peacocks start crowing • Formation of fog in the evening
Jumping of fogs on the field
Snakes move towards the trees and climbing them . Apart from these, the list contains another 14 items (chapter 2 verse 3,4). • Kerama (Semecarpusanacardium) bears the fruits in plenty. More number of honeycombs are formed in the Nagakesari plant (Mesuaferrea). The sweet gourd grows to its optimum size. Draught forecasting • White ring occurs around the moon • Group of comets in the shape of fishes falls on the earth in the midnight
Falling of hailstones Lightning is interrupted with the heavy wind The raindrops will be red in color
These are the symptoms of draught conditions (Chapter 4, Vrs. 22-26). Rainbow characteristics The depth of red green and yellow colors is more in the rainbow there will be a good rainfall. If the colors are faint, there will be rain after one month (Chapter 5, Vrs. 19-24).
Thunder and lightning in the morning causes less rainfall. Development of a rainbow in the Eastern side will stop the rain soon. Water Quality and its treatment The eleventh chapter deals with the construction of wells as well as the treatment of water by ine seeds. The wells are to be constructed by bricks, stones and mortar that consist of Calcium Carbonate. There should be steps around the well (Chapter 11 Vrs=61). Here the author does not mention any shape or size of the well. Muste (Cyprus rotundas), Eppe (Bassialatifola), Chilla Seeds (Strychnos potaorum) Seeds of new Here (Luffa acutangula) are burnt and this power is mixed with the hard water of the well becomes the soft water. Here also the quantities of both well as well as the powder are to be determined by selfassessment. Botanical source as the water indicator The same chapter mentions about the sources of availability of water, which is Botanical in nature. About 9-10 feet from the west of Jambuphala tree (Myrtaceae Syzygiumcumirji) at a depth of six feet, frog will appear. The quality of water will be hard due to Sulphur content. The quantum of water available from this source is only 12 feet is specifically mentioned which is noteworthy.