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the beginning of this Nacshatra -^ and although its cir- 

 cle of declination be 13° instead of 8° from the princi, 

 pal star in Revai't. 



II. Bharani, the second Indian asterism, comprises 

 three stars figured by the Yoniox pudendum muiiebre t 

 and all ancient authorities concur in placing the prin- 

 cipal and southern star of this Nacshatra in 12o N. 

 The second Manzil^ entitled Butain, is placed by 

 Ulugh Beg (Hyde, p. 6 1.) in Lat. 1° l'2'and S*' 12'; 

 and this cannot possibly be reconciled with the Hindu 

 constellation. But Muhammed o( 7 izin (See Hyde's 

 Commentary, p. 97), assigns to the bright star of 

 Buta'in a declination of 23° N. exceeding by nearly 

 2° the declination allotted by him to Ndlih, or his first 

 star in Sheratain. This agrees with the diff'erence be- 

 tween the principal stars of As'whii and Bharan'i\ and 

 it may be inferred, that some among the Muhammedan 

 astronomers have concurred wath the Hindus, in re- 

 ferring the second constellation to stars that form Musca. 

 There were no good grounds for supposing Bharani to 

 correspond with three stars on the tail of the Ram (As. 

 Res. vol. 2. p. 298); and I have no doubt, that the 

 stars, which compose this Nacshatra^ have been rightly 

 indicated to me, as three in Musca, forming a triangle 

 almost equilateral : their brightness, and their equal 

 distance from the first and third astcrisms, corroborate 

 this opinion, which will be confirmed by shewing, as 

 will be done in the progress of this comparison, that 

 the Nacshatras are not restricted to th? limits of the 

 ^odiack. 



III. Crttticd, now the third, but formerly the first, 

 'Nacshatra, consists of six stars figured as a knife or 

 razor, and the principal and southern star is placed in 

 4|;° or 5° N. ^nd in 65 sixths of decrees (or 1® bO\ 



