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opinion about the age of the the river Vaitara111 83 f.
Vedic works 3. Gates of Heaven : legend of-
Dictionary : of classical Mytho- Vedic 81, Iranian 82, Greek83.
logy by Smith, reference to Gautama Buddha : his birth
the legend of the Orion 75 f. showing the chronology of
Dik!Jhit ( S. B. ) : author of the the history of mankind 1.
History of Hindu Astronomy Geiger (Dr.) : writer of 'The
( in Marathi ) 6. civilization of the Eastern
Dog-star : the heliacal rising Iranians in Ancient Times '
of, at the vernal equinox 86, translated ,by Sanjana 70.
87, 88. Go~bole ( Kashinath Shastri ) :
Dvadashaha : device established his views on the antiquity of
in very early days by primitive the Vedas 6; his essay re-
Aryans to balance solar and ferred 30 f; his calculations
lunar year 12; mummeries about the full moon day in
during the twelve days festival Phiilguna as stated in the
by the German as well as Brahma:Q.as 55.
Indian traditions '105, 106. Gravity : no one before Bhas-
E kanlcharya and Newton
Eka~Jhtaka : a constructive thought of the attraction of
beginning of the year, 8th the earth 16 I.
day of the dark half of Magha H
34 to 37. Haug (Dr.) : an Oriental scho-
Equinox ( Autumnal) : coming lar, his method like Max
· . after the rains, was the central Muller's to fix the age of the
day of the year 20. Vedic literature arbitrarily 2;
F says that the sacrificial satra
Four time-reckoning ways : the hymns and features are in
Savana, the Ch~ndra, the imitation of the sun's yearly
Nakflhatra, the Saur not men- course 9; reference to his
tioned in earlier works 8. essays on the Parsis while
G tracing the days of feasts to
Garga : restifies that Krittika the Manes 71.
was the first Nakshatra for Herodotus : Greek historian
~~crificial purposes 'and ~hra­ mentioning a people sleeping
VHIMha for enumeration i. e. for six months continu-
calendar 23; quoted by ously 22.
Somakara shov.:ng the begin- Hesiod : reference to the rising
nir:o: of the year in Magha 28 f. and setting of the -Pieiadas at
Gar•,oa PurA!la : referring to the beginnings of day and