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That is — " In the beginning of S'ravislifka, the 

 *^ Sun and Moon ascend towards the North, and 

 " in the middle of ^S^r/^^, or the mansion of the 

 " serpent, the Sun goes towards the South ; the 

 " former, always in 3Iagh, the latter in S'ravana.'' 



About the year A. D. 527, the solstitial colure, 

 according to Brahma' Gupta, cut U. A'shara in 

 3" 20', and Punarvasii in the tenth degree, which 

 made a difference in the positions of the colures, 

 of 23" 20', from the time of Para'sara. For, the 

 longitude of the first point of Sravislifhct in the 



Hindu Sphere is, = 9 5. 23" 20' 



Aud S^—^Ql o^ U. A'shdrd, . . ~9 00 00 

 Difference or precession to A.D. 527 = 23 20 

 Which at 50 seconds per annum gives l6v80 years. 

 Add from A. D. 527, to this time, - 1277 

 Total years since the time of Para'sara 2957 

 Which make about one hundred and fifty years, 

 before the beginning of t]ie Call Yug of the first 

 system of the Graha Alunjari ; or about one hun- 

 dred and thirty-one years, before the end of the 

 eighth Manwantara of the second system. 



It appears also from the little work above-men- 

 tioned, and its commentary wherein Garga is re- 

 peatedly quoted, that the Sun and Moon were sup- 

 posed to return to a line of conjunction in the first 

 point of iS"/Y^v«///7i^, at the instant of the winter 

 solstice at the end of every cycle or Yug of five 

 years. In this period the moon was supposed to 

 jnake sixty-two revolutions to the sun, and sixty- 

 ^even to the same fixed star, or the equinox ; for, 



