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confounded with that of Meya's, and confequently 

 the caufe of much confufion in the records of ancient 

 times. To diftinguiih it from Meya's I fliall call it 

 the Puranic Syitem, and, by way of introduction, 

 give the following table of the dates, &c. of the four- 

 teen puranic Manwantaras, as contained in a Hindu 

 book entitled the iJiiara Chanda, from which Captain 

 Francis Wilford was fo obliging as to favour me 

 with an extract. 



TABLE of the PURANIC MANWANTARAS. 





Day of the Week. 



Moon? Age & Month 



o 



LSdkfJu'tra. 



Began on Sunday, ipth niihztoi Anviu 



Cartic 



4 



5 

 6 



7 



8 







10 



11 



1 2 



13 

 U 



— Thurfdiiy. 12 



Monday. | 3 



Friday. | 3 



Tuefday. 30 



11 



10 



7 



Safin .,'.. 



Friday. 



Tuefday. 



Si;.: jay. 

 Friday. 

 Monday. 



15 

 15 



— Thurfday. 15 — — 



ft ' ■ '[day 1 5 

 Wedntfday 1 5 



Chilr. 



o 



Funs. 

 Afar. 

 Magh. 

 Srabon. 

 Afar. 

 Cartic. 

 Phalgun. 



— Chitr. 



— Yoi 



.Sra-vaua. 

 .\Utto Bha- 

 \ drop add: 

 l.rhica. 

 Ho// a. 

 Solol'h; 

 oitii. 

 ati. 

 * Qnurada* 

 'Jlhomni. 

 { i'oraSara 

 CrUica. 

 ! Uttora- 

 FholgunL 

 ra. 

 Jeyfia* 



* Onurada appears incorrect, as the moon of Magh mud be 20 

 or 21 days old before it eaters Onurada Nakihatr. 



The 



