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a synodical revolution. The names of these con- 
stellations have by degrees been given to the 
Imiar days themselves^ and this apparent con- 
nexion between the sign and the day is become 
the principal basis of the chimerical calculation 
of astrology. 
On an attentive examination of the nantes, 
which the nacshatras^ or lunar houses, bear in 
Hindostan, we recognise in them not only all 
the names of the Tartar and Thibetan zodiac, 
but also those of several constellations, which are 
identic with the signs of the Greek zodiac. 
Each nacshatra has 13° 20', and 2 liacshatras 
correspond to one of our signs. The following 
table shows the great probability, that the solar 
zodiac took its origin from the lunar zodiac ; 
and that the twelve signs of the former were 
chosen in a great measure among the 27 nac- 
shatras. 
