1893.] A. F. R. Hoernle — The Weber Manuscripts. 17 
As to the number of stars, composing the several naksliatras, our 
manuscript differs in nine cases from the Nakshatra-kalpa ; viz., in Nos. 
2, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 27. Curiously enough in five out of these nine 
cases (viz.. Nos. 2, 7, 8, 16, 20) our manuscript agrees with Brahma- 
gupta’s statements. 
^^hh regard to the duration of the muhurtas, our manuscript has 
two curious differences. Firstly, it enumerates only five naksliatras of a 
duration of 15 muhurtas, while the usual number in the Nakshatra-kalpa 
and other works is six. These works add Bharani (No. 28), to which 
in our manuscript a duration of 30 muhurtas is given. Secondly, our 
manuscript gives to No. 20 (Abhijit) a duration of 8 muhurtas, against 
the usual one of one muhurta. The whole list of durations stands thus : 
Nakshatra-kalpa, etc. 
6 naksh. of 45 muh. 
4 5 » » 30 „ 
0 » >) 15 ,, 
1 » » 1 » 
I now proceed to Part II of the Weber Manuscripts. See Plate I 
fig. 2. It consists of seven leaves, unfortunately mutilated on the left- 
hand side, which would have shown the numbers of the leaves. Their 
size is 6 x 2 T 3 ¥ inches. Four leaves have 9 lines each to the page ; the 
three others, only 6 lines. This may possibly show, that the two sets 
belong to two different manuscripts, but I have not yet been able to 
examine them more closely. The characters are again a variety of the 
North Western Gupta. 
The page (obverse of the leaf), figured on Plate I, reads as follows. 
The paper is very soft, and some portions being rather fretted, are very 
difficult to read. 
J ’ 'll ^5fT (X ^ fyrcfr 
si fsrTErf irmirTUFP 
2, .... fasrisrra ^srutTsi frre jj • (X t ^ 
t «rtr ; sreafgfw gy frwfr 
3, ... . • 95 ^ am 
st • C XS 
4 ^Tf*r pjrf*r t W • wTffrT wftujfg 
' ) • oc^. sfr5w*if 
5 . . ^ fu %orr Jrfaujftj • gfiu srm srei 5 ^ fasrer wmr 
’smiftTrrr • am mh 
Weber MS. 
6 nakshatras of 45 muhurtas. 
16 „ of 30 
5 „ of 15 „ 
1 „ of 8 „ 
J. i. 3 
