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from this; Atri followed at three degrees from the 

 last ; and Axgiras, at eight degrees from him ; next 

 came Vas'isht'ha, at the distance of seven degrees; 

 and lastly Marichi at ten. Their motion is eight 

 liptas (minutes) in a year. Their distances from the 

 ccliptickj north, were respectively 55°, 50*^, 50°, 5&^^ 

 57°, 00°, and 6o°. For, moving in the north into dif- 

 ferent positions, the sages employ 27OO years in revolv- 

 ing through the assemblage of asterisms : and hence 

 their positions may be easily known at any particular 

 time." 



Lalla, cited by Mumis'wara in his gloss on the 

 Sirofnani, says '' If the number of years of the Culi age, 

 less fourteen, be divided by 100, the quotient, as the 

 wise declare, shows the asterisms traversed by MAr>lcHi 

 and other celestial sages, beginning from th^asterism 

 of Jlranchi (Bkahma)." 



Here Lalla is generally understood to mean Rohini, 

 which is sacred to Frajdpaii .or Brahma J, But Mu- 

 Nis'wARA has remarked, in another place, that Lalla 

 may intend Ablnjit which is sacred to VidliioT Brahma ; 

 and consequently may mean S'ravan'd, of which Ahhifit 

 forms a part : and thus Lalla and Sa'calya may be 

 reconciled. 



Most of the commentators on the Surya sidShdnta 

 and Sirom/mi are silent on the subject of the seven 

 Rishis. But Nrisinha, in his Vart'ica to the Vdsanci 

 Bhdshya or gloss on the Slromani, quotes and expounds 

 the Sdcalya Sanhitd, and rejects Vara'ha's rule of 

 computation, as disagreeing with Burdn'as. Munis'- 

 wAEA, in his commentary on the Siroman'i, cites some 

 of the passages above noticed, and remarks, that 

 Bha'scara has omitted this topick on account of con- 

 tradictory opinions concerning it_, and because it b of 

 no great use. 



