The History of Indian Literature c8.262

c8.262

¹⁰³ According to Cowell (p. 244), by *graha* we have here to understand, once at least (i. 4), not the planets but *bálagrahas* (children's diseases); "*Dhruvasya prachâlanam* probably only refers to a *pralaya*; then even 'the never-ranging pole star' is forced to move." In a second passage, however (vi. 16, p. 124), the *grahas* appear along with the moon and the *rikshas*. Very peculiar, too, is the statement as to the stellar limits of the sun's two journeys (vi. 14; Cowell, pp. 119, 266); see on this *I. St.*, ix. 363.