The Compendium of Lomasha

For camels original: "uṣṭrāṇām" (approximated from "omllānām"). The manuscript lists the lifespan of camels and another species here. and [missing text], the lifespan is thirty The OCR shows 300, but in the context of animal lifespans and standard Sanskrit notation, 30 is the traditional lifespan assigned to camels.. || 30 || For [unclear species], it is also thirty. || 30 || For donkeys, the lifespan is twenty-four years original: "yugāśvinaḥ". Using symbolic numbers (bhūta-saṃkhyā), Yuga = 4 and Aśvin = 2, read right-to-left as 24.. || 24 || For crocodiles and for turtles, there is a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years. || 150 || For scorpions, it is eight likely eight months, given the context of smaller creatures.. || 8 || An ant lives for one year. || 1 || For pearl-oysters and mosquitoes, the lifespans are six months and five months respectively. For deer and ruddy geese, it is three and a half years each. || 3.5 || 3.5 || Eighty-four hundred thousand 8,400,000 varieties of living beings are proclaimed, [categorized by birth as] viviparous original: "jarāyuja" (born from a womb), oviparous original: "aṇḍaja" (born from an egg), sweat-born original: "svedaja" (insects/parasites thought to arise from heat and moisture) and others, each with their individual lifespans. || 25 ||

Thus I have quickly told you the fifth opinion on the calculation of longevity. There is no other such opinion approved in the thought [of the sages], O Nandana A term of address, likely meaning "son" or "the joyful one".. || 26 ||

If the strongest original: "sarvottama-balī-kheṭaḥ" planet is masculine, then the child born will be a male. If the planet is feminine, a female birth should be predicted. If it is a neuter planet...