580 Mr. Marsden on the 
(k) This arrangement of the names of the days, fo different from the order 
of the planets, is ingenioufly accounted for by Costard, in his Hiftory of 
Aftroncmy, p. 156. from the ailrological appropriation of a planet to each of the 
24 hours ; but the reasoning applies ra her more directly to the Indian divihnn 
of the day into lixty parts or hours. If we fuppofe, for example, that the fun 
is made to prefide over the fir ft hour of Sunday, Mars over the fecond, Jupiter 
over the third, &c. in their natural order, vve fliali find the moon to anfvver to 
the fir ft hour of Monday, Mars to the firft of Tuefday, and fo of the reft. To 
make the rule apply to the European divifion, vve muft reverfe the order, and 
reckon downwards from the fun to Venus, Mercury, and the moon. The Hindoo 
names for the days of the week are properly as follows, though from the variety 
of appellations given to the planet3, and particularly to the fun and moon, they 
are fometrmes differently called. 
Aihe ty a - 
Ravee - 
- -vara 
Sunday 
Solis dies 
Sooty a- 
Chandra - 1 
-vara 
Monday 
Lunae 
Soma- J 
Manga! a - 
vara 
Tuefday 
Martis 
Booddha * 
vara 
Wednefday 
Mercurii 
Brcchafpatcc- 
vara 
Thurfday 
Jo vis 
Sookra 
vara 
Friday 
Veneris 
Sannce - 
vara 
Saturday 
Sat urn i 
(?) At funrife, according to M. le Gentil and others; but according to the 
Soorya- Seedhanta (before quoted), it is faid to have begun immediately after mid- 
night. This treatife eftimates alfo the diurnal revolutions from midnight, if we 
may credit the Ayeen Akkery , Vol. III. p. 14. 
a J Les Indiens difent qu’a Tinftant du Caliougam il y a eu une conjon&ion 
generale de toutes les planetes; leurs tables en effet indiquent cette conjondion, et 
les not res montrent qu’elle a pu reellement avoir lieu.” Traite de l’Aftron. Ind. p. 
xxviii. 44 Le temoignage des Brames eft ici appuye fur nos tables; et ce temoig- 
nage, qui n s a pu etre fonde fur un calcul, doit etre du a une obfervation 
reelle,” p. 184. 
(/) They frequently extract the fquare root, apply the propofition which is the 
47th of Euclid, and appear to have no mean knowledge of fpherical trigonometry. 
(772), The commencement of the Kalee-Toog being calculated by the Hindoos 
according to the fun’s man place, and the ordinary commencement of their years, 
according 
