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IX. 



ON THE INDIAN CYCLE 



OF 



SIXTY YEARS, 



By SAMUEL DAVIS, Efq. 



TN the Philofophical Tranfaclions publifhed for 1 790, there is an account 

 •*• given of the Hindu cycle of fixty*, which being in many particulars de- 

 ficient, and in fome erroneous, I fhall endeavour to mow the true nature 

 and computation of that cycle, from the explanation which is given of it 

 by the Hindus themfelves. 



The following two Jlo'cas, extracted from the laft fection of the Siryq 

 Siddbanta, enumerate the feveral diftin&ions of time in aftronomical life 

 among the Hindus : 



" In their current tranfadYions, the inhabitants of the peninfula employ a mode of computation, 

 ,'hich, though not unknown in other parts of the world, is confined to thefe [the fouthernj people amongS 



Cc 



