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Domifrants

of the mu¬
hurtas.
 

that in times distant from the equinoxes noon falls
either at the beginning or at the end of the eighth
muMwta, or within it.

How little exact is the learning of the author (Pnlisa)
who meant to prove this, is evident from the fact that
among his arguments he produces a tradition from
Garga to this effect, that at the abhijit of the equator
there is no shadow; for, in the first instance, it is not
true save at the two days of the equinoxes; and,
secondly, if it were true, it would not have anything
to do with the subject he tries to prove (as the ques¬
tion of the different length of day and night and their
divisions does not refer to the equator, where day and
night always equal each other, but only to southern or
northern latitudes of the earth).

We represent the dominants of the single muhitrtas
in the following table :—
 

3 number
of the
uhurtas.
 

The dominants of the Muliurtas
 

The dominants of the Muhilrtas in the
 

in the day.
 

night.
 

g    S
 


 


 

I.
 

Siva, i.e. MahMeva.
 

Rudra, i.e. Mahadeva.
 

2.
 

Bhujaga, i.e. the snake.
 

Aja,  i.e.   the lord  of   all   cloven-
footed animals.
 

3-
 

Mitra.
 

Ahirbudhnya, the lord of Uttara-
bhadrapadft.
 

4-
 

Pitri.
 

Pflshan, the lord of Revati.
 

5-
 

Vasu.
 

Dasra, the lord of Asvini.
 

6.
 

Apas, i.e. the water.
 

Antaka, i.e. the angel of death.
 

7-
 

Visva.
 

Agni, i.e. the fire.
 

8.
 

Virificya, i.e. Brahman.
 

Dhatri, i.e. Brahma the preserver.
 

9-
 

Kesvara (?), i.e. Mahadeva.
 

Soma, the lord of Mrigasirsha.
 

10.
 

IndrS.gni.
 

Guru, i.e. Jupiter.
 

II.
 

Indra, the prince.
 

Hari, i.e. Narayana.
 

12.
 

Nis8,kara, i.e. the moon.
 

Ravi, i.e. the sun.
 

13-
 

Varuna, i.e. the lord of the
clouds.
 

Yama, the angel of death.
 

14.
 

Aryaman.
 

Tvashtri, the lord of CitrL
 

IS-
 

Bhageya (?).
 

Anila, i.e. the wind.