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numerous divisions and subdivisions, are traced 
with mathematical precision ; the more minutely 
the detail of this sculpture is examined, the 
greater taste we find in the repetition of the same 
forms, that attention to order and feeling of sym- 
metry, which among half civilized nations is a 
substitute for the feeling of the beautiful. 
In the centre of the stone is sculptured the 
celebrated sign nahui ollin Tonatiuh (the Sun in 
his four motions), of which we have already 
spoken. The Sun is surrounded by eight tri- 
angular radii ; which are also found in the ritual 
calendar tonalamatl^ in historical paintings, and 
wherever there is a representation of the Sun, 
Tonatmh^^. The number eight alludes to the 
division of the day and the night into eight parts'!". 
The god Tonatiuh is figured opening his large 
mouth, armed with teeth ; this yawning mouth, 
and protruded tongue, remind us of the figure of 
a divinity of Hindustan, the image of Kala^ Time. 
According to a passage of the Bhagvat-Gheeta, 
Gala swallows the worlds, opening a fiery 
mouth, exhibiting a row of dreadful teeth, and 
protruding an enormous tonguej.” Tonatiuh, 
placed among the signs of the days, measuring 
* PI. 15, n. 4, (Cod. Borg. Veletr., fol. 49), 
f See p. 282. 
t Wilkins’s Translation. See also the Hindu Pantheon, 
art. K&la. 
