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" 1. As modified by *■ Parklia.'' — His Parkha for the year is Khon, 

 which gives the Earth-Sheep year and the following 

 confliot V 



life = worse, 



body = better, 



power = worse than bad. 



wind-horse = bad. 

 intelligence = worse. 



2. As modified by ^Reversed Age Calculation.'' — This gives a 



' good ' result/ therefore = o. 



3. ^5 modified by ' The Seizing-Rope of the SkyJ — This gives 



a 'good' result,^ therefore = o. [If it were bad, 

 'Natn-go' is prescribed 'to close the door of the sky' 

 (spirits).]* 



4. ^5 modified by ' The Earth dagger.' — This gives a medium 



average. [If it were bad would have to do ^iSa-go ' 

 or closure of the door of the earth (spirits).]* 



The Summary of the year's conflict as to birth together with its 

 prescribed remedies are therefore : — 



'Life' has black in excess; therefore to procure long life have 

 read very much the ' Tshe-dd ' and Tshe zung or The Sutra 

 and Dharanis for Long Life. 



* Body ' has white in excess ; therefore the body will be free from 

 sickness (/.e., only as regards this one head of calcula- 

 tion). 



• This Log-men or " Reversed + downwards" is a more abstruse calculation according to 

 the saying : — 



" skyes-pa pu-yi stag thog na« lo grange thur, 



"bud-med ma-yi sprel-thog nas lo grangs gyen." 



For males — the sons of elements— begin from Tiger and count age doionwards. 



'For females— th.Q mothers— hegin from Ape and count age upwards. 



Thus the birth year of this individual being Water-Hog, and he being a male, and the son 

 of Water being Wood, gives us for his Log-men the Wood-Tiger year (which = 1854 A. D.) 

 And as he is a male, on counlias doionwards from the Wood-Tiger the number of years of his age 

 {i.e. 26), we get the year Earth-Hare (i.e., 1879 A.D.). And according to the Log-men Manual, 

 the Earth-Hare year is " Abyor-pa, " or Riches, which is given the value of " good," /e.= O. 



• This is calculated on the srog of the Log-men year, minus five years. In. this case wo 

 have seen the Log-men year is the Earth- Hare year. Counting back to the fifth year gives the 

 Wood-Hog, which has as its SC05' the element water, and the ato^ of the present 1888 A.D. 

 year, viz., Earth-Mouse, being also Water, therefore = O or good for the " sky-seizing Rope." 



• Vide page 373. 

 « Vide page 371. 



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