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Addendum. 



47 



Months. 



Mansions. 

 (27 Revati), 1. Aswini, 2, Bharani. 



3. Critica, 4. Rohini. 



5. Mrigasii-as, 6. Ardra. 



7. Punarvasu, 8. Pushya. 



9. Aslesha, 10. Magha. 

 11. Purva, and 12. Uttara Phalguni, 13, Hasta, 

 14. Chitra, 15. Svati. 

 16. Visa'cha, 17. Anuradha. 

 18. Jyesht'ha, 19. Mula. 

 20. Purva, and 21. Uttara Shadha. 

 22. Sravana, 23. Dhanista. 

 24. Satabhisha, 25. Purva, and 26, Uttara Bha- 



1. Aswini, 



2. Cartica, 



3. Margasirsha, 



4. Paush, 



5. Magha, 



6. Phalguna, 



7. Chaitra, 



8. Vaisac'ha, 



9. Jyaisht'ha, 



10. Ashara, 



11. Sravana, 



12. Bhadra, 



drapada. 



Ahhijit or J mansion, whenever used, comes in between Uttara- 

 shadha, and Sravana, 



By this table the relation of the lunar mansion, to the lunar, and 

 northern solar months, and to the Tamil solar months, can be deter- 

 mined with tolerable correctness. 



Observe next each lunar mansion, corresponds or nearly so, with 

 the hright and dark half of each lunation : the days of each are term- 

 ed tWhiy which do not correspond with solar days ; though it is 

 customary in Tamil to use the term as equivalent to a day of the 

 month. That however is a loose usage. 



The bright half of a lunation is termed Sucia, or Suddha,pacsham ; 

 and the dark half Krishna, or Bahula, pacsham. 



The day of the new moon is Amdvdst/a, and of the full moon 

 Purnami, paurnami, pun?iama, orpurnam. 



A cypher must be understood to represent each. 



Thenceforward the tifhis are reckoned by Sanscrit numerals. 

 Padyami 1st, Vidima 2nd, Tadiya 3rd, Chavuti 4th, Panchami 5th, 

 Shashti 6th, Saptami 7th, Ashtami 8th, Navami 9th, Dasami 10th, 

 Yecadasi 11th, Dvadasi 12th, Triyodasi 13th, Chaturdasi 14th. 



The attentive reader may now untie any Brahmanical date oc- 

 curring in the Manuscript ; and will perceive that to translate every 

 such date would be a tedious circumlocution, or needless tautology. 



The time of a solar eclipse is considered suitable for a gift to avert 

 great danger. The Suddha-panchimi, or 5th day of the crescent 

 moon, is deemed propitious. The moon attains a benign, or sextile, 

 aspect ; and danger from the conjunction is past. The Yecadasi is^ 



