The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c10.20

c10.20

There are other traditions which point out the position of Orion in the course of the year. The cosmical setting of the constellation was believed to be an indication of stormy weather and the constellation was called *imbrifer* or *aquosus* in the same way as the *Shvâ* in the Vedas is said to commence the year, while Shunasirau are invoked along with Parjanya for rain. The German traditions are, however, more specific, and I take the following abstract of the same by Prof. Kuhn communicated to the late Dr. Râjendralâl Mitra and published by the latter in his “Indo-Aryans,” Vol. II., pp. 300-302 :—