3^8 ON THE INDIAN, &C. 



hanta) in 12- N. and 144° E. or, according to Brah - 

 MEGUPTA, the Siromani and ihe Gruhalagliava lA']^ or 

 148° E. They are probably c-^ and 6 Leonis ; the same 

 which form the lun:r.r mansion Zubrah or Kherlan 

 (Hyde's Ulugh Beg, p. yd. and Com. p. 47). 



It may be conjectured, that Brahmegupta and 

 Bha'scaka selected the southern for the principal star j 

 while the Surya sidd'haiita took the northern : hence 

 the latitude, stated by thohC several ITmdii authorities, 

 is the mean between both stars ; and the diiference of 

 longitude, compared to the preceding and subsequent 

 asterisms, may be exactly reconciled upon this suppor 

 sition. 



XII. Two other stars, constituting the twelfth Nae'* 

 sliaira, or following r'hiilguri!, which is likewise figured 

 as a bed, are ascertained by the place of one of thern 

 (the northernmost) in 13° N. and 155° E. This indi- 

 cates ;3 Leonis; the same which singly constitutes the 

 Arabian lunar mansion S'erfah (Hyde's Ulugh Beg, 

 p. 78. and Com^ p. 47.), though Muhammed of 

 Tizin seems to hint that it consists of more than one 

 star (Hyde, p. 102). By an error regarding the 

 origin of the ecliptick on the Indian sphere, Sir Wil- 

 liam Junes refers to the preceding Nucshaira, the 

 principal star of this asterism. 



XIII. Hiista^ the thirteenth Nacsliatra, has the 

 name and figure of a hand ; and is suitably made to 

 contain five stars. The principal one, towards the west, 

 next to the north-western star, is placed according to all 

 authorities in 1 1° S. and 170° E. This can only belong 

 to thie. constellation Corvus ; and accordingly five stars 

 in that constellation (a. /3 y <i' £ Corvi/, have been pointed 

 out to me by Hind ' astronomers for this Nacshatra, 



