The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c6.61

c6.61

The old practice was not however completely forgotten and for the purpose of the Nakshatra-sacrifices the vernal equinox was still taken as the starting point. Thus it is that Garga tells us that "of all the Nakshatras the Krittikâs are said to be the first for sacrificial purposes and Shraviṣṭhâ for (civil) enumeration."† But even this distinction