233:1 It might be doubted whether the text meant 180 in each hemisphere or in both, but the sense is sufficiently clear in the Váyu, &c., and the number of Mańd́alas travelled in the year is 360: the Mańd́alas, 'circles' or 'degrees,' being in fact the sun's diurnal revolutions, and their numbers corresponding with the days of the solar year; as in the Bhavishya P. 'The horses of the sun travel twice 180 degrees in a year, internal and external (to the equator), in the order of the days.'

234:2 A similar enumeration of the attendants upon the sun's car occurs in the Váyu, &c. For Yakshas, the generic term there employed is Grámańís, but the individuals are the same. The Kúrma and Bhavishya refer the twelve Ádityas to different months:--

Vishńu.

Kúrma.

Bhavishya.

Dhátri

Chaitra

Vaiśákha

Kártika

Áryamat

Vaiśákha

Chaitra

Vaiśákha

Mitra

Jyesht́ha

Márgaśírsha

Márgaśírsha

Varuńa

Áshád́ha

Mágha

Bhádra

Indra

Śrávańa

Jyesht́ha

Áswina

Vivaswat

Bhádra

Śrávańa

Jyesht́ha

Púshan

Áswina

Phálguna

Pausha

Parjanya

Kártika

Áswina

Śrávańa

Ansu

Márgaśírsha

Áshád́ha

Áshád́ha

Bhaga

Pausha

Bhádra

Mágha

Twasht́ri

Mágha

Kártika

Phálguna

Vishńu

Phálguna

Pausha

Chaitra.

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