Journal of the American Oriental Society, Zväzok 6American Oriental Society, 1860 "Proceedings" or "Select minutes of meetings" are included in each volume (except v. 3, 12). |
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Strana 364 - ... by the seven stars in the Bear ; but they had a natural genesis previously which, if unknown, cannot be allowed for. Thus European astronomers are naturally perplexed by the Hindu doctrine of the seven sages or Rishis, the original seven in the ark. The ancient astronomers attribute to these seven an independent motion about the pole of the heavens at the rate of 8...
Strana 394 - ... distance from the place of no latitude of the remaining number of yojanas, 66. The sun, when situated in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Scorpio, and Aquarius, is not seen in the Hemisphere of the gods; in that of the demons, on the other hand, when in the four signs commencing with Taurus. 67. At Meru, the gods behold the sun, after but a single rising, during the half of his revolution beginning with Aries ; the demons, in like manner, during that beginning with Libra.
Strana 349 - That in their hands it received a new form, such as adapted it to a ruder and less scientific method of observation, the limiting stars of the mansions being converted into zodiacal groups or constellations, and in some instances altered in position, so as to be brought nearer to the general planetary path of the ecliptic.
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Strana 63 - ... and equilibrium in nature and constitution — not that man was once a bull, and was changed into an ass, and afterward into a horse, and after that into an ape, and finally became a man.
Strana 243 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.