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them on the obscurities which baffle us at present. I do not however think 
that anything new would be added to our knowledge of the elements of the 
Jyotisha. The latter seem to contain nothing but the doctrine about the 
yuga consisting of a certain number of months of the different kinds, the 
statement regarding the coincidence of the yuga’s beginning with the 
winter solstice and the new moon of Magha, the new moon taking place 
in the first point of sravish^ha, and the rule stating the duration of the 
longest and shortest days together with the regular increase and decrease 
of the day during the whole year. All the remainder of the Jyotisha 
apparently contains nothing but deductions from these elements and is 
therefore of a secondary interest only. 
Translations from the Hamdseh and the Aghdni.—By 
C. J. Lyall, C. S. 
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with him and drove away a hundred camels of the herds of Sheyban and gave them to 
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