57 8 
Mr. Marsden on the 
NOTES. 
(a) See the French tranflation of the Bhagavat , under the title of Bagamubm 
ou Bc8rine divine, p. 187. etfeq. Compare alfo the fifts of ancient* kings of Debli, 
in Bernoulli, Description de l'Inde, Vol. 1 . p. 153. (from t. Tieffenthaler), 
and Vol II. p. xxxix. (by M. Anq.. du Perron) ; in the former of which a cele- 
brated Rajab is made to reign 9c years, and. in the latter no more than 3 years. 
(J?) M. le Gentil, Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde, Vol. I. p. 231. Ac- 
cording to the Hindoo Tre itife of Aftronomy, called the Sborym Seedbajita (of 
which I havefeen fome tranflated ext rads), the length of the fydercal year is 365 d. 
6h. 12' 36" 33'" 36 //// , or about 6 "i longer than that given by M. le Gentil. 
(c*) Phil. Tranf. Vol. LXVI 1 . p. 598. fee an account, by Sir Robert Barker, 
of the Obfervatory at Benares ; and in Bernoulli, Vol. I. p. ^16. and 347 * 
(fromTiEFFENTHALER) of thofe at Jepour and Ougein^ conftrufted by Rajab JeJtng p 
in the prefent century. 
(j) The Hindoo names of the folar figns, and of the months with which they 
correspond, as alfo of the lunar conflellations or manfions, aie as follows* 
Solar Signs. Months. 
1 Mejb 
BiJak or Vifak * 
April 
2 Breejb or Vreejh 
Jo at or Jefkt 
May 
2 Meetooji 
Afar 
June 
4 Karkat 
Saw an or Sravevt 
July 
3 Seengh 
B hack on 
Auguft 
6 Kanyd 
Afan 
September 
7 Tool* 
Kdrtcek 
October 
§ Vreefcheek 
Agban or A grab an. 
November 
g Dhanoo 
Poof} or Pow/b 
December 
20 Makar 
Mag 
January 
1 1 Koomhha 
Pbdgan or Ph algo on 
February 
12 Mecn 
Chit or Chitr 
March 
According to the foregoing lift, the Hindoo year begins with Bfak (anfwering 
to April from about the 10th of that month) ; and 
for this arrangement I have 
the authority of three almanacs, publifhed at Calcutta, for different years, and 
by different perfens, as 
well as that of Mr. Halhed’s tranflation of a Code of 
Gentoo Laws, p. 24. ; 
yet I obferve that M. le 
Gentil, Abraham Roger, 
Beschxus, Waltherus, 
and all the miffionaries, 
agree in placing the month 
* The former is the common Bindoofanee , the latter the Sanjkrett orthography : for both I 
zm indebted to Mr. W ilkins. 
Chlty 
