94 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1911. 
In the Zodiac, the 9th mansion is Sagittarius shaped like a 
hunting centaur. (Fig, 1.) «It is god Negal of the Assyrians. 
Egyptian and Hindu astronomers give merely the bow as its 
symbol, and so do the Greeks.# (Figure 3 is however taken from 
Brennand’s Hindu Astronom -) ' 
Lubdhak stands at 63° of longitude and 10° south latitude.’ 
This is why the story mentions that the hunter went to the 
south after his release from the temple. 
Sagittarius is the hunter of the Zodiac, Capricornus or 
Goat’s-horn was perhaps the antelope of the western ancients. 
Sir Monier William identifies Capricornus with Mrigasya 
- (anteloped-faced). (Fig. 2.) 
© scenes may vary, the constellations may vary, accord- 
ing to the solar or lunar mansions, but the fact remains that a 
ee and an antelope of the celestial orb are the basis of this 
olklore. 
The perusal of the Sanskrit passage quoted below and the 
clear vision there was of the Mri i 
lac more carefully, and I found that Shiva’s 
its one side and Parvati’s lion, Leo, on the 
Cancer remained to be ac- 
athi verse suggested that they were the 
| Hindu Astronomy, by W. Brennand, p. 42. 
. Sanskrit-English Dictionary sf 
