2 cONTENTS, Kali which had elapsed when Yudhishthira reigned. It is a well known story of the Mahabharata that Vyas was the son of Parasara. Thus, the period of the Mahabharata must have been the same when Parasara lived. That is to say, it must have been 653 Kaligata, years or about six hundred and fifty Kaligata years. - The number of revolutions of the Great-Bearina Kalpa, is 1599998. It will, therefore, pass through 1599.998x 27 or 431999.46 nakshatras in the same period. The number of the Kalpa years, which had elapsed before the commencement of the Kali, is I972944.oOo. Adding 653 to this, we get r972944653, the number of the Kalpa years which had elapsed when Yudhishthira reigned. M ultiplying the latter by 43199946, the number of nakshatras through which the Great Bear passes in a Kalpa, we get 85231 IO247o5887ვ8. Dividing this result by the number of solar years in a Kalpa, 375o5887ვ8 432ооооооо” through which the Great bear passed from the beginning of the Kalpa to Yudhishthira's time. Taking away 730719, the 375O5887ვ8 432OOOOOOO Had this result been the integer 9, the statement 'erreir rig Sir:' in the Brihatsamhita of Varahamihira would have been correct. Suppose now we would get the integer 9, x years after 653 Kaligata years. Then x multiplied by the number of nakshatras through which the Great Bear would passina Kalpa, and divided by the number of solar years in a Kalpa, together 375o5887ვ8 432000OOOO to one; we thus obtain the following equation . 43199946 x + 375o588738. - 4320000000 4ვ2Ooooooo-375O5887ვ8. 43199946 we get 19 72942I the number of the nakshatras multiples of 27 nakshatras, we get 8 nakshatras. with the fraction (found above) would equal X
