ASTRON.QM Y. 475
, That from one #jclpck •tjiVth.ree _____ 1 - .Unssirr'wen^h *
That from three o^clock'tM'da^-li^laih-.t-,-^^,.'... > , ifa -’vn. 3
.tm The twent'y,fotirihom;s Of she day'g&d night are‘aistfvtfecasioAal'Ljrdivided
into .what, is- called the iilma>'M>4bk6,':ior five (periods of/time, -namely^*from
sunset until eight!atelock in thermornihgfronrdhafe&ou» tiM'.tWfelve 5 from
twelve- till three,.;- from fchfe^fil,f$g; from.four till* sunset.
Each of- these-'diyisionsrds considferedtsacfed' io-one-of the «fivedeities SU
Kola, Wisnu, Mtifiemdra,y-and-Br-dma, -suppos'ed-to Reside Ove£ thbSe division
» of tTlfe day atoH Highfciku r.o.tations^the,-.arder-beirfg‘ch^nged every day‘,
until at the cofiitiienfeement ©fevery-fifth-day and-oiglt it te&jrntko the same
again. The^ division wMeh-thus-beGomra-saered-to-^^ionsi^ered fortunate
; that to ■Kdlcd uafortUnates-dha^-to-^W neither1 good nor bad;
that to Maheswdmks »tiU-mor-e-fortunatodhan that to ^ f ^ th a f iV Brdma as
peculiarly Aanfottunatte:» -rk.
Thetferrns pahfig-, pon,- *ti)d,gir kalvwon, andwd®tsjor Jegt^ r e applfedhfcrthe Weef
days o§HKe pdhMkiidr^, or week df-fiye--daye^whic,hn§5^tnm'0fi thr^ufeh- ^
out the country/ atifi by--whi©®-the>raarket»^’te' uni'vef^adl}h regiilated.* 1
BeSidesHhis week'of-fiv^daj^ w h ic h -s e em s ,-fe ^ ^ « h e in& f '^ ^W e e f l
as well as the mbk' generally ^^pted. amdn^th-e^ffil J& W h iv e a '\4feV “T j
of seven days -ab follows?
\Di'tiS Sunday, whieh^eorresponds' 'wkMfe fidandfo^oS;/.
-S6rri% M b n d a j t e » w * j f e
^ g ’^m ^ T u e s d a y ^ R « ^ ^
■ J^ fo ^W ed n e sd ayA ?^
Jlaspdti,
&uni$cMPa-b? Twmpah, Sat.nrda.yAlfegjl.^V>~> ,<
The Arabic"re?S&^are-usually’OinpIoyed'to'expr-ess'the'Ah^eH^T® 1
Tire weeks of seven daysy-considered - with'd'efereti^e!,*!(^^-he'^^isonsi ,,l5fie WanJ
termed wtiku. - Thirty of these^are '8aid‘t“0-l-4mve,%eke ^ * 6 ^b lil^ d iri'coihi
memoration of1 the-victory obtained-"over' Wdtu- O k fM g ^ ' T i^ ^ - th ir f ^ P
3 '?•&••• v5 r.'S have -
* B i | M ^ i c a a ^ f f i ^ ^ e a t y - t e y s - w ^ - s u B a i v i d e d f i v e
“ aays‘ At the h%mhlttg -of these periods every commune ie p t ’’-Hum-,
bolt’s Researches, TraHsSfioHj.voi i, pagie 283.
“ Iu respect to civil government, they divided the month into four periods of five days, and
« on a certain fixed day of each period their fair, or great market cfay, was' held”~C/aw>ero,
Translation, vol. i, pagei-293, ' v
t See Literature, account of the Kanda.
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