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118 SAMAGRA TILAK -- 2 • VEDIC CHRONOLOGY
Paramartha : a commentator Sabbath : weekly as well as
of the Sankhya KarikAs 74, monthly 101, 102.
75, 79. Sankhya KarikAs : oldest work
Pitamaha Siddhanta : rules for explaining sankhya philoso-
omission of a tithi or intro- phy translated into English,
duction of an intercalary French, German, Latin by
month 16. Western scholars 73, 76i
Plunkett : writer of 'Ancient Gau~pada's BMshya 73, 74;
Calendars and Constellations,' total verses 75; the mtssmg
commends Indian Astronomy Arya reconstructed 78.
3, 4.
Sankhyatattvakaumudi Va-
Post-Vedic literature : gives
chaspati Mishras commen-
chronological sequence of tary on Sankhya Karikas
events 1.
74, 76, 80.
Poussin ( Prof. Louis de la
Sa van : a way of reckoning time
Valle'c) : Oriental scholar
15.
supporting the Orion Theory
10. Sayan : and also Sayanists,
Sayanavadis prefer to abide
R by the precessional motion
R : i. e. Rik recenssion of the ( ayan) of the solstices 8.
Vedang 34. Sayee (Prof. A. H. ) : Oriental
Rangacharya ( Prof. ) : attemp- scholar, showed the mention
ted to interpret the age of of Sindhu clothing in the
the Vedas 9. Babylonian language 87.
Rashi : connotation and mis- Seasons : never remain fixed,
conception of 15, 16. change as the equinoxes and
solstices points change 8;
Rock caves : Arctic region
shelters 104. the rate of their motion 8;
during the southern passage
Rudolph von Ihering : writer of
of the sun 15.
'the Evolution of the Aryans'
pronounced Aryans as back- Sevenfold : division of the
ward as nomads 85; his earth made by the Babylonians
conclusions not accepted by as well as the PuraiJ.as 96.
scholars 86. Shaka era : mentioned in re-
ference to the post-Vedic
s
literature date 1.
S : i.e. Pandit Sudhakar Dwivedi Shishir: winter, commencement
writer on Vedang Jyoti~h 34. 15.