have again six principal divisions* each consisting of thirty-fivefdays, and
Commencing on the. day .when diti and palling fall together. ’
Eaclf#vüku is-: dedicated to its pattioular 'dèityf and has its-appropriate
emblems in -the. - Javan system of judicial-"astrology. The names of the
wdku and of the deities to which each is considered sacred'are as follow :
' WUKU. .if . dWa- or deity.
1 . Sinta : _________ ____Batara Yama.
2. " Ldndap Sitria.
Wukifi . __Maheswdra.
, ."-4.,, Kur ant'd___ Senhdra. ;
* Tdlu -
, fee Gvmbreg Sdkra. ;
7* Wariga . ,r. r .w rV r... ,7v'f, 4-^.-.- Asmara.
8. Warigdjan ..................... t-~.....—- PannhdrenL ■
I; 9* Jidung Wdng'i^- - .......Sdmba. -
1Ó. Sung Gdna Kumdra.
11. Crnh'msd a n ............. ...........1 —— Kamajaya.
12. Kuning’an ^ Indra.
15.
14* Manddsia Brdma.
15.. •_ — Pdncha Rdsmi.
16. Pahang —~~~~~~ Tdntra.
17. Kuru Weidt Wisnu.
18. MaraM Gama.
19. TdmUr ------- ^ Sêwa.\
20. Mdnda kung’an Basdki. ,
21. - Maktal ________________________ Chandrdsat
22. Woyé. ---------------------------------- -----Kamér a,: ■
23. MandMl -------------------------- ^ -------. Chitra Gdta.
24. Prang-bdkat .....— —.. Bisma.
25. JBdfo___________ _______ ._________„Durga.
26. Wuku ----------- - Lódra.
27. Wdyang__^ A i .
28. Kultam .. ...... ....,:....,..r ^ Sewanddruu
29. IH/Mrf______________ _______ __ _ Kanéka.
SO. Wdtu gdnung
The
The twelyeh s^asonsy-lZ^&g'Sö* an- ^êcoaht has been given, when
treating^of the agriculture oftth a. Javans," are Vaift-to^be determined by.
reference^ dpf She sunV 'eourseV commencement of ’each^tf^ these
divisiöri^P- ™'fi
When a wanfJd$*ai'm^^^ /"it is a custom for- the people óf the
village or^town- to ’assembly,; andi for a wah/ang to>- be performed upon the
stÖT^dwWafu^G$7tiMg and DéwilSintai On’ fhése^ oc'cSsiöns • sticks of
the-1 dark c'olbüred;jj$S'g!af*banè,,-r f^öJ^yÖung-^"and < twofold cocoa-nuts, 11 twó
bundles - of ^difPérra^-filé ijè ^ •^ d r4 1 two butfdfesf'of ïlie, ’flówers; of the
^rgeö-nütjf^pifèce^of-white-clothj- sweet-Scented :oils, 'two fowls and two
ducks, are! plaöèdcby .the sicle'W ^hélrfdZan^'dnïin'g the performance, and are
afterwards considered^his property.
' term wmdu ïSyinsèd" fo^fexpress a'rnvoluHon bi^yclë’\of years. The Windsor Cycle.
Javans refer to 'aoindu o f eight yëars; 'a- ’éindü' oftwêlve years,' a wmdu of
twenty years, and a windu of thirty-two years. The" windu of eight years,
now in' use/-’ séeiris to have been borrowed from-the-Arabs; but this is‘more
frequently, considered of seven! years^ each1 year- taking its1 name-'froni one
of the following animals,'i according to thè day of thé'wèek on which it
begins. 1
Mangkdra, ------ Prawn, if on - a Friday,
Menda, —»X-'^^Goat, ~~d..™^.Satiirclay, •
Kldbang, ^^^^iJi^iiv^.GeHtiped'^^-L^^.Sunday*
Wichitra, ----,— ~ï^%^L»^,Worm ™~~^~™.Monday,
Mintuna, species-of fish, Tuesday,
W 1S> -----------~ ----- Scorpion, .J^^iWednesday,
Maisdba, ~™-~™~~^w*™».Buflalo, ~™«™™.Thursday.
The names-given, to the year-comprised in the windu of twelve years
appear to be the same with the signs of the zodiac, which according to the
manuscript discovered at Chéribon are as follow :-*■* ï -
1 . Mésa or Mesdrsi, ^ ^ ^ ^ . 't h e Earn, corresponding with the Hindu
Mesha,
2. M*1*m or M ’resdia,------ 1 the Bull, a S ^ Vrishn,
3. Mrituna or M r i k a g a the Butterfly, ™ Mithuna (the pair),
éy.kfalaMta or Kkala kadi, ^ the Crab, __ :__Karkata,
5. Sing’kaoT Grigréson, the L io n ,____„Sinha,
6. Kanydox Ktm gerdsa,^^^. the Virgin, Kunya,
7. Tula