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VI. 



On the notions of the Hindu Afronomtrs^ concerning 

 the precejfion of the Equinoxes and motions of the 

 Planets* 



By the PRESIDENT. 



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N an efiay on the Indian and Arabian divifions of the Zodiack 9 

 inserted in the Ninth Volume of the Afiatick Refearches, I adverted 

 to a pafTage of Bhascara, on the preccffion of the equinoxes, and 

 intimated an intention of further noticing this fubjeel; in a feparate 

 eilay. * The paffage, which I had then in view, occurs inBiiASCA- 

 ra's defcription of the armillary fphere. f It appears to me deferv- 



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* As. Res. Vol. 9. P. 3J j. 



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