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ascertain and count time only the conclusion of the sacrifice
by keeping regular satras 11 ; 38.
their knowledge of Astro- B
nomy evident in the Vedas BArhaspatya astronomical
119 to 126. cycle 4.
Antelope's head : Orion, Mtiga- BaudhAyana sutras : describing
~hiras 75, 76. the round of sacrifices 9f.
Apollo : the Greek legend of Bentley :the date of the Taittiriya
105; a similar legend of Satllhitl\ 1426 B. C. stipulated
Indra in the J;tigveda, ano- by him on the basis of etymo-
ther similar legend of Rudra logy not justified 45.
75. Bhagawat Gtti : giving a novel
Aryan civilization : the Veda theory of the ancient year-
discloses the absolute begin- commencement 61, 62.
ning of 1. BMnu DikiJhit : son of Bha~~oji
Aryan legends : their chief Dik~hit 58; commentator of
characteristic to connect the Amar about Samvatsar, sea-
idea of time-the year, the sons and sacrifices 10 f;
season, the month in contrast explains the word Agraha.yan!
with the non-Aryan legends 56 f.
84. Bhiskaracharya : in his Siddha-
Astronomical method : for nt ~hiromani speaks of the
fixing the age of the Vedas Uttar&yalla and the six mon-
lagged long 4. thly day of the gods 21, 22;
Astronomy : the knowledge of, his misunderstanding about
evident in the Vedas 119 to the words Uttarc\yaJ}.a and
126; this knowledge was Devayana 22; did not under-
based on watching and observ- stand why the Krittikc\ became
ing the sun, the moon and the first of the sacrificial
their yearly course, their nak~hatra 23; no one before
eclipses and thereby calculat- him and Newton thought of
ing the times and the length the attraction ofthe earth 161.
of the year 129. BhAskar Bha~~ : his observa-
Atir&tra day : a sacrificial day tion on the seasons ·in his
introducing and concluding Taittirtya SaJPhita BhA§hya,
a satra 154. difference with S&yapa 53, 54.
Atri : a Vedic J;ti~hi having good BhtiJhma : the MahabhArat
knowledge of stars, planets, warrior who chose to die in
eclipses etc. 120, 122. the Uttar&yap. which began
A vabhritha : the· final bath on in MAgha 28, 28 f.