SYSTEMS OF ASTRONOMY. 22/ 



Years. Months. 



A Satya contains, 2 



A Tr'etd, 1 6 



ADzvapar, 1 



A Call, 6 



A Mahd Vug, 5 



71 Mahd Vugs, ; . 355 years 



With a Sati/a of, 2 



Make a Manwantara of, 357 



14 such Ma?2wanfaras, 4998 



Which with a Sati/a at the beginning, 2 



Make a Culpa, or day of Brahma', . . 5000 years 



The years expired of this system, at the be- 

 ginning of the Satya, or golden age of the former 



system, were, 212560000 



Add thence to the Christian era, ... 3164 



Total years expired at the Christian era, 2 1 2563 1 64 



After 193799286 years had been expired of 

 Brahma"s life, he, for the first time, created the 

 Earth, and ordained that, at the end of ev^ery 

 Calpa, or 5000 years, it should be destroyed, and 

 again reproduced. 



Therefore, from the years elapsed, . 212563164 

 Take the years at the first creation, zi 193799286 



Remain, 18763878 



The 3^ears from the first creation to the Christian 

 era — which being divided by 5000, the quotient 

 will be the number of times the world has been 

 destroyed and created, and the remainder will 

 shew the years expired since the last creation. 



* This Yvsr of five years is to be met wilh in many books. 



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