The Significance of Dreams (svapna-adhyāya) as per Agni Purana: PART2- Auspicious Dreams

Auspicious Dreams are organized into seven categories:

1. Elevated Positions: Dreams involving upward movement or height

- Climbing hills
- Ascending mansions
- Mounting elephants, horses, or bulls
- Climbing peaks or trees

2. Physical and Personal: Positive dreams about body and appearance

- Trees growing from navel
- Having multiple arms and heads
- Grey hair appearance
- Wearing white garments
- Bearing white flower garlands

3. Celestial and Natural: Favorable dreams involving sky, celestial bodies, and nature

- White flowers in sky
- Eclipse of moon, sun, and stars
- Clear sky
- Trees laden with fruits

4. Victory and Power: Dreams indicating success and authority

- Seizing land and water streams
- Victory over enemies
- Success in disputes, dice-play, and battles
- Installation as sovereign
- Gaining royal rewards

5. Animals and Nourishment: Positive dreams involving animals and consumption

- Sucking milk from cows, she-buffalos, lionesses, she-elephants, mares
- Seeing elephants, horses, gold, bulls, or cows
- Drinking milk, sweet porridge
- Eating raw meat

6. Divine Blessings: Dreams indicating spiritual and religious favor

- Receiving favor from gods, brahmins, and preceptors
- Anointment with water
- Falling from horns of cow or moon (indicates kingdom bestowal)

-7. Other Positive Omens: Miscellaneous favorable dream symbols

- Washing oneself
- Embracing flag-post
- Raising banners
- Making weapon marks on earth
- Seeing clear waters
- Wearing white cloth
- Being besmeared with ghee or excreta