The seven Rishis 



CllATU 

 PULAHA 



pulastya 



Atri 



Angiras 



Vasisht'ha 



Marichi 



DIVISIONS OP THE ZODIACK, 355 



According to the 



Sacalya Sanhild, 

 Lat, 

 55° N. 

 50° N* 

 50° N. 

 56° N. 

 57° N. 

 6o° N. 

 6o° N. 



Here Agastya is evidently Canopns; as LiMhaca 

 is Sirius. Brahmeridaya seems to be Capella, which 

 was shown, under that Indian name, to Dr. Hunter 

 at Ujjayim. Agni may be the bright star in the northern 

 horn of the bull (/3 Tauri) : Prajdpati is perhaps the 

 star on the head of the waggoner (^Aurigae). The 

 distances of the three last mentioned stars from the 

 ecliptick do not exactly agree with the places stated ; 

 but no conspicuous stars are found nearer to the as- 

 signed positions : and it may be remarked, that they 

 are all nearly in the longitude of the Nacshatra Mriga- 

 siras corresponding to the head of Orion ; and that the 

 latitude, assigned to them by Hindu astronomers, is as 

 much too small, as that of Mrigas'iras is too great. 



The star, mentioned in the 8urya sidd'hdnta under 

 the name of A' pas or water, is doubtless S Virgin is ; 

 and j4pdmvatsa comprises the nebulous stars in the same 

 constellation, marked b J. 2. 3. 



Astronomers gives rules for computing the heliacal 

 rising and setting of the star Agastya, on account of 

 certain religious ceremonies to be performed when that 

 star appears. Vara'ha Mihira says, '' Agasiya is 



2 A 2 



