Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.86
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.86
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v1.c3.s20.86
The Position of the Nakṣatras.—There is nothing definite in Vedic literature regarding the position of most of the Nakṣatras, but the later astronomy precisely locates all of them, and its statements agree on the whole satisfactorily with what is said in the earlier texts, though Weber⁶⁶ was inclined to doubt this. The determinations adopted below are due to Whitney⁶⁷ in his notes on the Sūrya Siddhānta.