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Hindus , or not acquired by them, they fixed on the 

 number twenty-seven, and inserted Abhijit for some 

 astrological purpose in their nuptial ceremonies. 

 The drawing, from which the plate was engraved, 

 seems intended to represent the figures of the twenty- 

 seven constellations, together with Abhijit > as they 

 are described in three itanzas by the author of the 

 Ketnamala : 



j. Turagamuc'hasadncsham yonirupam cshurabhanv 

 Sacatasamam at'hainasyottamangena tulyam, 

 Manigrihasara chacrabhani salopamam bham, 

 Ssyanasadrisamanyachchatra paryancarupam. 



2. Hastacarayutam cha maucticasamara 



chanyat pravalopamam, 

 Dhrishyam torana sannibham balinibham, 



satcundalabhain param ; 

 Crudhyatcesarivicramena sadrisam, 



sayyasamanam param-, 

 Anyad dentivilasavat st'hitamatah 



sringatacavyacti bham. 



4, Trivicramabham cha mridangarupam, 

 Vrittam tatonyadyamalabhwayabhani, 

 Paryancarupam murajanucaram, 

 Ityevam aswadibhachacrarupam. 



" A horse's head, yoni or bhaga, a razor, a wheel- 



M ed carriage, the head of an antelope, a gem, a 



'* house, an arrow, a wheel, another house, a bed- 



«* stead, another bedstead, a hand, a pearl, a piece 



" of coral, a festoon of leaves, an oblation to the 



" Gods, a rich ear-ring, the tail of a fierce lion, a 



•• couch, the tooth of a wanton elephant, near which 



