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History of the Bamoossies. 



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The Ekkargul dosh. This is a calculation partly on the lunar 

 Kukshuttuis and the yeogs, by the Sun passing through the path of 

 the Nuksluitturs. They assign one of the lunar or daily Nukshut- 

 turs to every half month in the year, occasionally a little more or 

 less, so that the Nukshuttur which presides over each fortnight is 

 termed the Mha Nukshuttur. Again they reckon six of the yeogs 

 in the EkkarguU dosh, viz, Vishkoomb, Ilutty gund, Sheool gund, 

 Nustuhgund, Veeagund, and Wujjur ; these are called the Deoor 

 yeog. To discover if the time is favourable, it is necessary to reck- 

 on the number of Nukshutturs forward from the luggun or daily 

 nukshutturs to the Mha Nukshutturs or solar one; and if the inter- 

 vening number be an even number, and if at the same time one of 

 the six Deoor yeogs prevails, the period will be considered lucky ; 

 but on the contrary, should the number between the luggun Nuk- 

 shuttur and the Mha Nukshuttur prove to be an odd number, and 

 a Deoor yeog prevails, it will be termed the EkkarguU dosh, and 

 evil consequences will be dreaded. 



The Waardosh, (evil of the day.) In the vi^aardosh a delay of a 

 certain number of ghutkas takes place, reckoning time from sunrise. 



1st, Monday. The first 16 ghutkas are lucky, the succeeding 

 2 are unlucky, the rest fortunate. 



2d, Tuesday. The first 12 ghutkas of night unlucky, and the 

 rest lucky. 



3d, Thursday. The first 22 ghutkas lucky, the 2 following un- 

 lucky, and the rest fortunate. 



4th, Friday. The first 16 ghutkas lucky, 2 unlucky, rest fortu- 

 nate. 



5th, Saturday. The first 2 ghutkas unlucky, all the rest lucky. 



The evil consequences resulting from the unlucky ghutkas of 

 Sunday and Wednesday disappear in the calculation of the Yeea- 

 marddosh. The Yeeamarddosh, (the evil of the watch.) The pro- 

 ceedings here are much the same as those of the Waardosh, only 

 that the length of the unpropitious period of each day is of equal 

 duration. 



Sunday, the first 12 ghutkas lucky, the 



next 4 unlucky. 



Monday, 



24 lucky 



4 do. 



Tuesday, 



4 do. 



4 do. 



Wednesday, 



16 do. 



4 do. 



Thursday, 



28 do. 



4 do. 



Friday, 



8 do. 



4 do. 



Saturday, 



20 do. . 



4 do. 



