History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.184
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.184
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v6.c82.184
This consideration has special force in view of the fact that Varāha believed that the constellation of the Saptarṣis (Ursa Major) was in the Maghās at the time when Yudhiṣṭhira ruled, that that star group remains for one hundred years in each of the 27 nakṣatras and that therefore to complete one cycle through all nakṣatras the star group of Saptarṣis required 2700 years.⁷⁴⁶