The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas c9.54

c9.54

∗ The principal star in Canis Minor is still called Procyon = Gk. Prokuon, Sk. Prashvan, the Foredog. It shews that the previous star was once called Kuon by the Greeks. If we count the Nakshatras in the direction of the sun's annual course, Kuon comes first, and Prokuon afterwards. Cf. Sanskrit Râlhâ and Anurâdhâ, of which, like Procyon, later writers have only retained Anurâdhâ. Phalgunî, Ashâdhâ, and Bhâdrapadâ are similarly divided into Pûrvâ and Uttarâ, the preceding and the foregoing.