[202] See Bailly, History of Ancient Astronomy; and M. Delambre, in his work on the same subject, vol. i. p. 3.
[203] See Laplace, Exposé du Systeme du Monde, p. 330; and the Memoir of Mr Davis, on the Astronomical Calculations of the Indians.—Calcutta Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 225, 8vo. edition.
[204] See Mr Bentley’s Memoirs on the Antiquity of the Surya-Siddhanta, Calcutta Memoirs, vol. vi. p. 540; and on the Astronomical Systems of the Indians, ibid., vol. viii. p. 195. of the 8vo edition.
[205] Manuscript Memoirs of M. de Paravey, on the sphere of Upper Asia.
[206] See the profound essay on the Astronomy of the Indians in M. Delambre’s Histoire de l’Astronomie ancienne, vol. i. p. 400-556.
[207] See the Memoir of Sir William Jones, on the Antiquity of the Indian Zodiac, Calcutta Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 289 of the 8vo edition.
[208] The following are Mr Wilfort’s own words, in his memoir on the Testimonies of Ancient Hindoo Books, respecting Egypt and the Nile, Calcutta Memoirs, vol. iii. p. 433 of the 8vo edition:
—“Having desired my pundit, who is a learned astronomer, to point out in the heavens the constellation of Antarmada, he directed me immediately to Andromeda, which I had taken care not to shew him as a constellation that I knew. He afterwards brought me a very rare and curious book, in Sanscrit, in which there was a particular chapter on the Upanacshatras, or extra-zodiacal constellations, with figures of Capeya, of Casyape, seated, and holding a lotus-flower in her hand; of Antarmada, chained, with the fish near her; and of Parasica, holding the head of a monster, which he had killed, dropping blood, and having snakes for hair.”
Who does not recognise in this, Perseus, Cepheus, and Cassiope? But we must not forget that this pundit of Mr Wilfort’s has become much suspected.
[209] Chou-king, p. 6 and 7.