1837.] a Turkish work on Navigation. 809 



viz . on the 7, 14, 22, 29, they are in the east ; on the 4, 12, 19, 27, 

 in the west; on the 3, 15, 23, 30, they dwell in the north; on the 

 8, 11, 18, 25, they stay to the south; on the 6, 21, 28, between 

 north and east (N. E.) ; on the 4, 5, 13, 20, between north and 

 west (N. W.) ; on the 2, 10, 17, 25, between south and west (S. 

 W.) ; on the 7, 16, 24, between south and east (S. E.) This being 

 known you must not steer in that direction, and if you engage at sea 

 for battle you must be backed by the men of the mystic world ; take 

 care not to fight in a direction against them : and perform, with 

 the face turned towards them, the following prayer : 



" Greeting to you, O men of the mystic world ; O holy spirits; O ye 

 selected ones 1 ; O ye liberal ones* ; O ye vigilant ones 3 ; O ye wanton 

 ones* ; X) ye pale ones 5 ; O ye insurers 6 ; O you pole T ; O ye singular 

 ones 8 ; O ye guardians 9 ; O you who are the best of God's creatures, aid 



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according to the Hindus I have extracted, from an astronomical work called the 

 ^WJST^ttr samaya-pradipa, by Harihar A'cha'rya, the following account of 

 the station* occupied by the yogini at different times. 



%^m^ jrz&\ ^sufa sraiTf^ *p«pre ^T§nrm $fW totopsi 



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19 3 11 5 lg 



Purvve chandra navdnkite hutavahe rdma: smardrir yamS panchamyd sahitastra 

 12 4 H 6 



yodasatithir nairrityake dwddasi vedasydpi jalddhipe bhuwana skat vdyau tathd 



15 7 2 10 30 8 



purnimd shashthydkhyd cha dhanddhipe akshi dasami darsdshtakausankare. 

 Yogini vdmat&k pasch&t gachchhatah subhakdrini, 

 Dakshine puratovdpi nasubheti vidur budhd. 

 " (The yogini) remains in the east on the 1st and 9th tithi or lunar days (of 

 each paksha or semilunation) : in the south-east (agni) on the 3rd and 11th : ia the 

 south (yama) on the 5th and 13th ; in the south-west (alakhi) on the 4th and 12th : 

 in the west (Jaladhipa) on the 6th and 14th : in the north-west {vayu) on the 7th 

 and 15th : in the north (kuvera) the 2nd and 10th : and in the north-east (Isdna) 

 on the 8th and 30th tithis. 



*' Whoever goes on a journey does well to keep the yogini on his left or behind 

 him. To place it in the south or in front when going, is accounted unlucky by 

 the pandits." 



Hunter's Hindustani dictionary informs us in addition to the above, that his 

 (or her) influence is exercised especially during the 9 gharis, (or 3 hours 36 

 minutes) at the close of each tithi or lunar day, which latter is reckoned not like 

 the civil day but as a thirtieth part of the actual lunation, so as to make it a 



