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INDEX 185
the Vedic ~i~his by forming or kusti of the Parsis 109,
notions of primitive hu.manity 110; Orion's belt 109 to 113.
from the accounts of African Yama's dogs : Canis Major
and Pacific savages 125 ;, Prot. · and Canis Minor, conception
Whitney about Hindu astro- of according to Weber and
nol}l~S 162. Zimmer 82, 82 f, 83; in the
Westpal : a scholar proving the Avesta 85.
existence of poetry in the
Year's commencement ; accord-
Indo-Germanic period 160.
ing to the ancient Aryas and
Whitney (Prof.) : in his 'Ir.-
according to the later astro-
troduction to the Aitareya
nomical works and systems
Bnihma~ fixes the age of the 4; synonymous with sacrifice
Vedas 3; author of ' The
15; the satra, Vasant, Uttara-
Hindu and Chinese systems
yana started together with
of Asterisms ' 5; annotator of the year 20; changes in old
' Surya Siddhant' 8; describes times of various periods of
the ancient Aryan contrivan- Aryan civilization 151.
ces for the measurement and Y ogatAras : junction stars,
division of time 8; about
savan days and the year on their doctrine developed in
later days 74.
that basis II f; his inter-
pretation of Mula· 68; de- z
preciating the Hindu astro- Zimmer : writer of ' Life in
nomers 162. Ancient India' 12 f; refers
Wilson ( Prof.) : an Oriental to changes made by the
scholar, his method like Max Aryas settling in India to
Muller's and Haug's to fix suit their environment 20.
the age of the Vedi.c litera- Zodiac : division by the Greeks
ture arbitrarily 3. misleading re later astrono-
W odan god : Greek and Ger- mical references 4; leading
man legends similar to that stars termed 'milestones' of
of Rudra 105, 106. the heavens ' 26; signs and
y their description by Max
Yajna : saJP.vatsara 9, 10, 10 f; Muller 155, 156, 156 f.
synonymous with the com- Zoroaster : the founder of the
mencement of the year 15. Parsi religion, his period testi-
Yajnopavita : the sacred thread fying the antiquity of the
similar to the aivyanghanem Vedic works 166.