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INDEX· 179
N Bentley, M. Biot, Dr. Schra-
Nak~hatras : one of the time- er, Thebaut,- their methods
reckoning tools 8; two groups to fix the age of the Vedas
Deva and Yama meaning ignoring astronomical event
Devayana and Pit~iyan 20, 32; traceable in the earliest
original number 27 or 28 Vedic works 2, 3, 5; examina-
-opinions differ 15; the tion of their methods by
origin of the system wrongly Tilak 4, 5; their tendency to
credited to non-Indians by reduce the antiquity of the
western scholars 43, 43 f. Vedic works and discredit
Namuchi : legend of 89; how the Indians upon their claims
Indra killed him 91. to the origin of the Nak~ha­
Narmada : people residing in tra system 43, 43 f.
the sonth of, follow the calen- Orion : the legend of Apollo
dar beginning at the vernal in the Greek mythology 75,
equninox and· for religious 104; similar ~igvedic legend
ceremonies Uttaraya~a tradi- of Indra 75; another similar
tions are followed beginning legend of Rudra 75; identi-
with the winter solstice 24. fiable with M!iga~hiras con-
Newton: no one before him" and stellation 77; known and
Bhaskarichiirya thought of figured before Greeks, Parsis
the attraction of the earth 161. and Indians separated from
Nirpaya Sindhu : suggests an their common home 98;
alternative period for the Orions's belt- YajnopaVita
feasts to the manes i. e. pit~is 109, 110; pre-Orion period of
70. the Nivids 6000 B. C. to
Nivids : half-poetical sutras. 4000 B. C. 157; Orion period
sacrificial formulae, during 4000 B. C. to 2500 B. C. -most
the Aditi or pre-Orion period important period of the Aryan
6000 B. C. to 4000 B. C., civilization 157; period of the
finished hymn unknown 157 . . formation of diverse legends
Northern India : the 1uni-solar 157; etymological, philolo-
mixed system of measuring gical, phonetical similarity in
the year, month and days 8. the words-Orion and Agra-
0 yana 168, 172.
Oriental scholars :their methods p
to fix the age of the Vedas PA11ini : his interpretation of
2; Max Muller, Dr. Haug, Chaitri and PhAlgunt 48;
Prof. Wilson, Prof. Whitney, about Mriguhiras 56; about
Kaegi, Dhruva, Prof. Weber, Agrahayant 5-7; gives lists in