The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c7.2

c7.2

Nakshatras in old Vedic times generally mean asterisms and not zodiacal portions—The present and the older position of the solstices—In later works—In Vedāṅga Jyotisha—An objection against its antiquity examined—Passages in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā and Brāhmaṇa—The Krittikās head the Nakshatras—Deva and Yama Nakshatras—Their real meaning—Taittirīya Saṃhitā vii. 4. 8. discussed—Jaimini's and Shabara's interpretation of the same—Conclusions deducible therefrom—Winter solstice in Māgha—Vernal equinox in the Krittikās—The age of the Saṃhitā—2350 B. C.—Bentley's arguments and views criticised.