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† Prof. Max Müller has pointed out that in the Atharva Veda i. 19. 7 and in the Yâjnavalkya Smṛiti i. 267, the Krittikas occupy their early position, while the Viṣhṇu Purâṇa actually places the vernal equinox in the Kṛittikas. See Pref. to Rig., Vol. IV., p. xxxi.