34i 6N THE INDIAN, &C* 



also, auiliorities are nearly agreed in the position of the 

 principal and middleniost star, placed in 4°, 3^°, or 

 3^ S. and in 22g°, 29.90 5', or 230° E. This position 

 Clearly indicates Antares or the Scorpion's heart (a Scor- 

 pionisj ; which is also the eighteenth lunar mansion 

 named Kcili' or KaUml\ikrah. The three stars of the 

 Indian asterism may be » <r & t Scorpionis* 



XiX. The nineteenth asterism, Mula, represented 

 by a Lion's tail, contains eleven stars, of which the 

 ^characteristick one, the easternmost, is placed in 9°, 

 8^° or 8° S. and in 24 1° or 242° E. Although the 

 latitude of u Scorpionis be five degrees too great, there 

 Seems litile doubt, that either that, or the star east of 

 it marked y, must be intended ; and this determination 

 agrees with the 18th lunar mansion of the Arabs called 

 Shaulah, consisting of two stars near the scorpion's 

 sting. The Hindu asterism probably includes all the 

 stars placed by us in the Scorpion's tail, viz. i y- ^y\ ^ i 

 k A u and v Scorpionis. 



XX. The twentieth Nticshatra, entitled preceding 

 A'shddlia, figured as an elephant's tooth, or as a couch, 

 cossists of two stars, of which the most northern one is 

 placed in b^ 5|° or 5° S. and 254° or 255° E. This 

 suits with d Sagittarii, which is also one of the stars of 

 the twentieth lunar mansion called Naaim, It consists 

 of four, or, according to some authorities, of eight, 

 stars. The Indian asterism seemingly comprises J" & £ Sa- 

 gittarii. 



XXI. Two stars constitute the twenty- first asterism? 

 iiamcd the subsequent Ashad'ha^ which is represented 

 by a couch or by an elephant's tooth. The principal 

 star, wliich also is the most nortlierly one, is placed in 

 5^ S. and 2t)0°, or 9.6 1° E. This agrees with a star in 

 the body of Sagittarius (t Sagittarii), and the other star 

 is perhaps the one marked ^. 



