The commentator Sri'd'hara Swa'mi remarks, 

 that the constellation, consisting of seven stars, is in 

 the form of a wheeled carriage. Mari'chi, he observes, 

 is at the extremity ; and next to him, Vasisht'ha in 

 the arched part of the yoke ; and beyond him Angiras : 

 next to whom are four stars in a quadrangle : Atki at 

 the northeast corner ; south of him PulastyA ; next 

 to whom is Pulaha ; and Cratu is north of the last. 

 Such being their relative position, the two istars, which 

 rise first, are Pulaiia and Cratu ; and whichever 

 asterism, is in a line south from the middle of those 

 stars, is that with which the seven Rtshis are united ; 

 and they so remain for 100 years. 



A similar passage is found in the J'^n^hnu Purdtia *, 

 and a similar exposition of it is given by the commenta- 

 tor Ratnagarbha : but the period, there stated to 

 elapse between the birth of Paricshit and the inau- 

 guration of Nanda, is 1015 years only. 



The Matsya Fur ana contains a passage to the like 

 effect ; but allows 1050 years from the birth of Pa- 

 mcsHiT to the inauguration of Maha'padma : and 

 the seven Rishis are stated as being in a line with the 

 constellation sacred to fire (that is Crilt'ica)^ 836 years 

 later, in the time of the Andhra kings. 



In the Brahme sidd'hanta of Sa'calya, deno- 

 minated from its reputed author Sdcalya sanh'itd^ the 

 supposed motion of the seven Rish'is is thus no- 

 ticed -j-: "' At thecommencemeat of thejz^^^, Cratu 

 was near the star sacred to Vishnu (Sravand), at 

 the beginning of the asterism. Three degrees east of 

 him, was Pulaha; and Pulastya, at ten degrees 



• Part 4. Ch. 23. v. 32. ^c. 

 t Prama 2. ch. 2, 



