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night by observation of the J
sky 26 f. Jaimini : author of Mimimsi-
Hindu astronomers : correctly darshan 35; records a tradi-
fixed the ·rate of the motion tion that ceremonies should
of the precession of the be performed during the
equinoxes and still Whitney Uttaraya11-a 16.
depriciating them 162. Jainism : overthrow of, show-
Hindu theologists : maintain ing the chronology of history
the authority of the Veda as of mankind I.
the only book disclosing the Jevons : a translator of Dr.
absolute beginnings of all Schrader's ' Prehistoric Anti-
things 1. quities of the Aryan Peoples'
Hipperchus :Greek astronomer 11 f.
who fixed the rate of the K
motion of the precession of Kaegi : a translator of ~igveda,
the equinoxes 162. summarises the opinions of
Homer : refers to the turns of the 'Vedic antiquity'
the sun recorded by observing scholars 3.
the sky 26f. Kala Mldhao : about 'month'
12, 15.
I
Kala Sankalita : systems of
Indra : the legend of, cutting measuring the year, month
off an antelope's head 75; and days in Southern India
a similar tradition of the explained by Warren 8.
Apollo getting the head of the Ketkar(V.B.): a Hindu astro-
Orion cut off in the Greek nomer determining the posi-
mythology 75; another similar tion of the vernal equinox
Vedic legend of Rudra cutt- 29f.
ing off the head of Prajapati Krittika : headed the Nak,ha-
75. tras once, now A9hvini
Intercalary days : advice to heads the list _ 14 f; period
correct the calendar was early recorded in the Veding Jyoti-
hit upon by the ancient Aryas sba 2500 B. C. to 1400 B. C.
12; mention made in the 158.
~igveda, Atharva Veda., Tai- Kuhn (Dr.) a researcher trac-
ttirtya Bnihmatl, Taittirtya ing poetic formulae in the
and Vajasaneyi Sa:q1hitas 12; earliest Indo-European poetry
the ~arne device of twelve 160.
hallowed nights amongst the Kumarila Bha~~ : overthrow
tlae '&utons 12. of Buddhism and Jainism by
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