-fi.
 


 

TABLE  OP   COMETS  OP  MIDDLE  HEIGHT   IN   THE  SiKY—Continued.
 

ALBERUNTS INDIA.
 

Their
number.
 

Their names.
 

From what

direction they

appear.
 

Description.
 

Their prognostics.
 

5
 

Padmaketu.
 

South.
 

It is as white as the white lotus.    It
lasts one night.
 

It bodes fertility, joy, and happiness for
seven years.
 

6

7
 

Avarta.
 

West.
 

It appears at midnight, bright shining-
and light gray.    Its tail extends from
the left to the right.
 

It bodes wealth during as many months
as its appearance lasts muhilrtas.
 

Samvarta.
 

We.st.
 

With a tail with a sharp edge.    It has
the  colour of  smoke  or  bronze.    It
extends over one-third of heaven, and
appears during the samdhi.
 

The lunar station in which it appears
becomes unlucky. It ruins as well
that which it bodes, as the lunar
station. It bodes the unsheathing of
the weapons and the destruction of
the kings. Its influence lasts as many
3'ears as its appearance lasts muhilrtas.