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lagnas* Wrishabha, Karkataka, Makara, Mma, Mithuna, which 

 are best ; Tula, Dhanu and Ivaaya, fairly good. At these neket, 

 and observing the lagnas t ivak, &e., make one, three, or five 

 furrows, with the plough gazing Eastwards, without stooping or 

 looking down. 



Introducing Water. 



VII. — The following neket are good for admitting water into a 

 field : — Mula, Puwasala, Uttarasala, Suwana, Rewatiya, Denata, 

 Manekata, Muwasirisa, Ptiwapal, Beta, Sa, and Berana. 



Sowing and Transplanting. 



VIII. — Sow seed paddy at the neket Ma, I lata, Mula, Tuna- 

 turn. f Pusha, Siyawasa, Anura, Sa, Muwasirisa, Rewatiya, and 

 Suvana; on the tithi Visentya, Satawaka, Eludes waka, Teleswaka, 

 and Pasaloswaka ; and on the days Sandu, Budha, Guru, Sukra, 

 also observing the lagna which these planets belong to. 



For sowing paddy according to the kekulan system, adopt the 

 neket Tunaturu,f Puuawasa, Pusha, Anura, Hata, Ma, Rehena, 

 which are to be taken for transplanting also. 



On Sunday mornings in the month of Mithuna and Sinha sow 

 el paddy. 



Reaping. 



IX. — Reap corn on good days (i.e. days having no ava-yogaf) 

 at the neket Keti, Rehena, Ada, Pusha, Sa, Denata, Siyawasa, 

 Puwaputupa, Tun a turn, Anura, Ma. 



Threshing and Measuring, 



X. — Thresh corn at Anura, Rewatiya, Mula, Pusha, Sa, neket ; 

 and at the lagnas. Mithuna, Dhanu, Kumbha, and Mina, and when 

 the planets Guru and Sikuru are in the said lagnas. 



All work connected with paddy cultivation should be performed 

 when the tide rises from the first peya for eight pet/ as, and from 



* The day of 60 peyas or 21 hours (hord ) is in astrological calculations 

 further divided into 12 lagnas, each lagna comprising roughly 2 hdrds. 

 The lagnas are synonymous with the 12 rdsi, and rotate in the same order, 

 the first lagna of each day always being that of the particular rdsi, or month,, 

 through which the Sun is passing. See, too, C. A. S. Journ. 1856-8, 

 pp. 181-194. " The Principles of Sinhalese Chronology," by liev. C. Alwis. 

 . t Tunaturu, i.e. Uttarapala, Uttarasala, Uttaraputupa. 



% Ava-y6ga, i.e. the unlucky conjunction of certain neket with special days 

 Thus on Sunday, Ada and Deta, on Tuesday, Deta and Suvana, on Thursday. 

 Ada, on Friday, Visa, and on Saturday, Punawasa and Suvana, are ataydga, 

 There are 10 bad (dasa malt a ddsa), and 4 good, yogas, 



