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31. Primary ingredients (or Sapth Dhatus). Bones, blood, marrow, skin, fat, semen and muscles are, respectively, denoted by the Grahas: Surya, Candr, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Sukr and Sani.

32. Abodes of the Grahas. Temple, watery place, place of fire, sport-ground, treasure-house, bed-room and filthy ground: these are, respectively, the abodes for the seven Grahas from Surya onward.

33. Grah periods. Ayan, Muhurta, a day (consisting day and night), Ritu, month, fortnight and year: these are the periods allotted to the Grahas from Surya to Sani.

34. Tastes of the Grahas. Pungent, saline, bitter, mixed, sweet, acidulous and astringent are, respectively, tastes lorded by Surya, Candr, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Sukr and Sani.

35-38. Strengths of Grahas. Strong in the East are Budh and Guru. Surya and Mangal are so in the South, while Sani is the only Grah, that derives strength in the West. Candr and Sukr are endowed with vigour, when in the North. Again, strong during night are Candr, Mangal and Sani, while Budh is strong during day and night. The rest (i.e. Guru, Surya and Sukr) are strong only in daytime. During the dark half malefics are strong. Benefics acquire strength in the bright half of the month. Malefics and benefics are, respectively, strong in Dakshinayan and Uttarayan. The Lords of the year, month, day and Hora (hour of Grah) are stronger than the other in ascending order. Again, stronger than the other in the ascending are Sani, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Sukr, Candr and Surya.

39-40. Related to trees. Surya rules strong trees (i.e. trees with stout trunks), Sani useless trees, Candr milky trees (and rubber yielding plants), Mangal bitter ones (like lemon plants), Sukr floral plants, Guru fruitful ones and Budh fruitless ones.

41-44. Other matters. Rahu rules the outcaste, while Ketu governs mixed caste. Sani and the nodes indicate ant-hills. Rahu denotes multi-coloured clothes and Ketu rags. Lead and blue gem belong to Rahu and Ketu. Surya, Candr, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Sukr and Sani in their order govern red silken, white silken, red, black silken, saffron, silken and multi-coloured robes.

45-46. Seasons of Grahas. Vasanta, Greeshma, Varsh, Sarad, Hemanta and Sisir are the six Ritus (or seasons), respectively, governed by Sukr, Mangal, Candr, Budh, Guru and Sani. Rahu and Ketu denote 8 months and 3 months, respectively.