The sight of dry cow-dung cakes is supposed to be a bad omen.[89]
The sight of a widow or of a corpse[90] is bad.[91]
Weasels crossing the road, dogs shaking their ears, a man carrying a black earthen vessel, a woman with loose hair, a person carrying clarified butter, a man with gray moustaches, a man having no hair on his chest, a cat-eyed man, a person carrying flour, a Brāhman without the sacred mark on his forehead are all bad omens.[92]
The sight of the husk of corn, a man with a medicinal application, or a lunatic, is a bad omen.[93]
The question “kiān jāo chho” that is “Where are you going” is a bad omen.[94]
The mixture of whey, mud and cow-dung, a recluse with matted hair, a man spitting, a cough, and a man with the whole of his head shaved are bad omens[95].
Similarly, the sight of a drunkard, Adad or cotton seeds is a bad omen.[96]
A bride stumbling on her entry into the bridegroom’s house is said to be a bad omen.[97]
A dog scratching its left side with his paws, a man riding a he-buffalo or a donkey, two Baniās, one Musalmān, one male goat, one ox, five she-buffaloes, six dogs, three cows, or seven horses, confronting a man on starting from the house are ominous of evil.[98]
Some numbers are believed to be auspicious and some inauspicious. There is a book on this subject, in which some good or evil is attributed to each number. One who wants to know the result of the undertaking in hand puts his finger on any number in the book, and the expounder of the science, reading the passage bearing on the number, explains how the undertaking will end.[99]