108 ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



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As the days of the week are found by taking every 

 fourth in the fame feries, we might proceed by this 

 rule to the firft hbrd of the fubfequent day, whofe re- 

 gent, the fourth from ©, is C ; and thence proceed 

 by the above-mentioned rule to the regents of boras for 

 Monday. 



I fubjoin the original pafTage, which was communi- 

 cated to me by Mr. Davis, and add a verbal tranfla- 

 tion. 



" The ghaficas elapfed from the beginning of the 

 " day being doubled, and divided by (five) arrows, 

 <c fhew the cords of time called hord. In the day thefe 

 <c cords are regulated by intervals of (fix) feafons, 

 " counted from the particular regent of the day pro- 

 " pofed, in the night by intervals of (five) arrows. 



ff The commencement of the day, at preceding or fub- 

 " fcquent meridians, before or after fun-rife, at the 

 tc jirft meridian, is known from the interval of countries, 

 i( or diftance in longitude meafured by yojanas, and re- 

 " duced into gbatis, after deducting a fourth from the 

 <c number of yoj anas'" 



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