Indian Antiquary Vol 26

SR No.: 032518
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 360
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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JANUARY, 1397.) -
SPIRIT, BASIS OF BELIEF AND CUSTOM.
(t) Dates either parnimdata in northern ourrant or amanta in southern
expired years.
None. (8) Dates either parpimanta in northern ourrant or aminta in northern
expired years. 27. V. 1973 (page 95, No. 56). Saṁvat 1273, árávapa vadi 8 ravau. Northern V. 1273 carrentpurnimanta : Sunday, alat Jung, A. D. 1215; the 8th tithi of the dark half onded
6 h. 18 m. after mean sunrise. amânta : Morday, 20th July, A. D. 1215. Northern V. 1273 expired -
purņimânta: Friday, 8th July, A. D. 1216. amante: Sunday, 7th August, A. D. 1216 ; the 8th tithi of the dark halt ended
13 h. 49 m. after meau sunrise. Southern V. 1273 current -
půrnimanta : Wednesday, 28th June A. D. 1217. amânta : Thursday, 27th July, A. D. 1217.
II. - Irregular Dates. 28. V. 1454 (page 71, No. 48). - Satuvat 1454 varshe Migha sudi 13 soma
V. 1454 current: Friday, 12th January, A. D. 1397. V. 1454 expired: Wednesday, 30th January, A. D. 1398 v. 1466 expired: Monday, 20th January, A. D. 1999; the 13th tithi of the bright
half ended 15 h. 18 m. after mean sunrise. So this date works out correctly only
wien caloulating for the next following year. 29. V. 1515 (page 120, No. 73). --Sauvat 1515 varshe also mase saklapakshe pañchamt gurak.
Northern V. 1515 current : Saturday, 24th September, A. D. 1457. Northern V. 1515 expired: Wednesday, 13th September, A. D. 1458. Southern V. 1515 expired: Tuesday, 2nd October, A. D. 1459. Northern V. 1514 current : Sanday, 5th September, A. D. 1456. Southern V. 1516 expired: Saturday, 20th September, A. D. 1460. So the date works out in no case; there must be some fault iu it.
NOTES ON THE SPIRIT BASIS OF BELIEF AND CUSTOM.
BY J. M. CAMPBELL, C.L.E., I.C.S.
(Continued from p. 257.) Ribbons. The guardian power of the dancing half-alive ribbon, perhaps, renches back to the early magic days when the bird and bəast scarer was a spirit-scarer. In Egypt, ribbons were fastened to weapons and round the capitals of house pillars. The diadem of the Persian monarch was a flowing ribbon.96 The Romans tied coloured ribbons or threads to infants to keep off the Evil Eye.96 The Greeks bound a ribbon to the stern pole of their ships.
* Wilkinson's Egyptians, Vol. II. p. 102. * Persius' satires, Vol. II p. 31.
* Smith's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. I. p. 435, • Potter's Antiquities, Vol. II. p. 137.