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TABLE   OP  COMETS   OF  THE   GREATEST   HEIGHT  IN   THE  yETHEE.
 

I
 

Vasa.
 

West.
 

It is flashing and thick, and  extends
itself from the north.
 

It bodes deatli and excessive wealth
and fertility.
 

2
 

Ashti.
 

West.
 

Less bright than the first.
 

It bodes hunger and pestilence.
 

3

4

5
 

Sastra.
 

West.
East.
 

Similar to the lirst.
 

It bodes the fighting of the kings with
each other.
 

Kapalaketu.
 

Its tail extends till nearly the midst of
heaven.    It has  a smoke-colour  and
appears on the day of new-moon.
 

It bodes the abundance of rain, much
hunger, illness and death.

1
 

Raudra.
 

From the east
in       Purvfl-
shadhix, Pur¬
vabhadrapa¬
da, and Re¬
vati.
 

With a sharp edge, surrounded by rays.
Bronze-coloured.      It   occupies   one-
third of heaven.
 

It bodes the fighting of the kings with
each other.
 

6
 

Calaketu.
 

West.
 

During the first time of its appearance
it has a tail as long as a finger towards
the  south.     Then   it   turns   towards
the north, till it becomes as long as to
the  south, the  Great  Bear  and the
Pole,  then  the  Falling  Eagle.    Ris¬
ing higher and higher it passes round
to the south and disappears there.
 

It ruins the -^country from the tree
Prayaga till Ujjajdui. It ruins the
Middle Country, whilst the other
regions fare differently. In some
places there is pestilence, in others
drought, in others war. It is visible
between 10-12 months.