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INTERPRETATION OF OMANS (SAGUN):
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There are customs and observances, the reason and logic
behind many of them might sound mysterious. Handed down through ages, they may seem
to be superstitions. It may be about a certain Charm or Amulet that you wear to
protect, ward off, or attract certain things. Or it may be about every day things
like a black cat crossing your path, or walking under a ladder. All these things
have cogent explanations to satisfy the inquisitive and initiated mind. Some of
them may sound stupid, some may sound more realistic. It is left to your intellect,
intuition and imagination to take the ultimate decision to decide what to believe
and what not to. You arrive at your own truth!
Here are some items (persons and things) signifying
auspicious/favorable & inauspicious/unfavorable omens. The list is in no means
exhaustive, but provides adequate information. Omens differ from place to place,
country to country and faith to faith.
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Omens related to items/things:
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Auspicious items: |
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The following 50 items are auspicious items. That
is, seeing them is auspicious at all the times. They are: curd, milk, rice, pot
filled with water, ripe food, mustard, sandal, mirror, fresh green grass (Durva-
a kind of grass), conch shell, meat, fish, soil (wet), a bright yellow pigment prepared
from urine of cow (Gorochan), cow dung, cow, honey, idol of god, Veena (a musical
instrument), fruit, seat of king, flower, black items used to decorate eyes (Anjan
/ Kajal / Surma), ornaments, hand weapon, beetle leaves, conveyance, palanquin (Palki
- man carried conveyance), a covered pot or box to keep medicine or wine (Sharavsanput),
flag, parasol (Chhatra), hand fan, clothes, lotus, Kakash (pot), glowing fire, elephant,
goats, drums, device to control elephant (Ankush), tail of animal used to whisk
flies (Chaamar), gems, gold, silver, copper, herd of tied animals or an animal whose
legs are tied, medicine, drink, tree with fruit, fresh vegetables.
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Inauspicious items:
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The following are inauspicious. That is, seeing
such things is inauspicious. They are: a sparkle without smoke, ash, fuel wood,
cow dung cake (Upla), rope, mud, device used to make powder by hammering action
(Tilkuta), cotton, husk (Tush), bones, opened hair (untied hair), black item, iron,
bark of a tree (Valkal), skin of a tree, black sesame (Til) or black pulse, stone,
stool, snake, medicine, oil, raw sugar, boneless meat, empty or broken utensil,
salt, dry grass, butter milk, wood, iron chain, rain and wind.
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Omen related to persons: |
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Auspicious persons:
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Sight of the following persons is auspicious:
king, happy Brahmin, prostitute, virgin girl, gentle person, well dressed person
sitting on a horse or ox, a fair complexioned lady in white dress & wearing
white garland on her fore head; a pious Brahmin wearing white clothes, sandal and
flowers, having been properly fed and having received donations, reciting Mantras;
a lady with a man, with either of them having fruit in his or her hands, seen in
front; a child saying something on its own; a beautiful person, person dressed in
white clothes, wearing white garland, speaking sweetly if is found coming from front
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Inauspicious persons:
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A person vomiting; hair-less or clean shaven head;
having any body part severed; naked; lowest caste; body part oiled; ill; dirty;
angry, drunkard; having long hair (Jatadhari); quarrelsome; having black complexion;
opened hair; sitting on a camel/ass/buffalo; loudly weeping; eunuch; ascetic; a
lady wearing black clothes & black garland on her fore-head; a lady having menstruation;
pregnant woman.
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