﻿THE INDIAN ZODIAC. 293 



" hinder parts arc like those of a horse -, the sea- 

 u monftcr has the face of an antelope ; the ewer is a 

 " waterpot borne on the shoulder of a man, who 

 " empties it ; \\\zfish are two with their heads turned 

 " to each other's tail : and all these are supposed to 

 ** be in such places as suit their several natures." 



To each of the twenty-seven lunar stations, which 

 they call meshatras, they allow thirteen ansas and 

 one-third, or thirteen degrees twenty minutes ; and 

 their names appear in the order of the signs, but with- 

 out any regard to the figures of them. 



Between the twenty-first and twenty-second constel- 

 lations, we find in the plate three stars, called Abhijit 5 

 but they are the last quarter of the asterism immedi- 

 ately preceding, or the later Ashar, as the word is com- 

 monly pronounced. A complete revolution of the 

 moon, with respect to the stars, being made in twen- 

 ty-seven days, odd hours, minutes, and seconds, and 

 perfect exactness being either not attained by the 



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