Inauspicious omens

When the physician sets out for the patient's house, agitation, a sneeze, words of obstruction ('bind', 'stop', 'shut'), rivalry, stumbling, anger, great distress, an attack on the village, a quarrel or a fire are bad omens, which the commentary says show that little of the patient's life remains. Meeting a cat, snake, hare, a load of wood, fire, boar, buffalo, mongoose, jackal, red garlands, people in soiled clothes, a washerman's load or people with a corpse is likewise inauspicious.