Note 48 — Chapter VI · THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.

While going on any business, to come across an unwidowed woman, a cow, Bráhmans, a five-petaled flower, or a pot filled with water;48 the throbbing of the right eyelid and of the right arm of a man, and of the left eyelid of a woman; a Bráhman coming in front with a cup and a spoon in his hand after taking his bath;49 the appearance of a peacock, the Bháradwáj or the blue jay, and the mongoose, especially when they pass on the left side of the person going on business.50