वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

208 THE ARCTIC HOME IN THE VEDAS.
Parts. Days.

1. The introductory Atirâtra............................................ 1
2. The Chaturviṁsha day, otherwise called the Ârambha-
   nîya (Ait. Br. IV. 12), or the Prâyaṇîya (Tâṇḍ. Br.
   IV, 2), the real beginning of the Sattra............... 1
3. Four Abhiplava, followed by one Pṛiṣhṭhya shaḷaha
   each month; continued in this way for five months... 150
4. Three Abhiplava and one Pṛiṣhṭhya shaḷaha............... 24
5. The Abhijit day...................................................... 1
6. The Three Svara-Sâman days.................................... 3
7. The Viṣhuvân or the Central day, which stands by
   itself, i.e., not counted in the total of the Sattra days.
8. The three Svara-Sâman days.................................... 3
9. The Vishvajit day................................................... 1
10. One Pṛiṣhṭhya and three Abhiplava shaḷahas......... 24
11. One Pṛiṣhṭhya and four Abhiplava shaḷahas each month;
    continued in this way for four months.................. 120
12. Three Abhiplava shaḷahas, one Go-ṣhṭoma, one Âyu-
    ṣhṭoma, and one Dasharâtra (the ten days of Dvâda-
    shâha), making up one month.............................. 30
13. The Mahâvrata day, corresponding to the Chaturviṁsha
    day at the beginning............................................ 1
14. The concluding Atirâtra............................................ 1
    Total days.........360.
    It will be seen from the above scheme that there are really
    a few sacrificial rites which are absolutely fixed and unchange-
    able in the yearly Sattra. The two Atirâtras, the introductory
    and the concluding, the Chaturviṁsha and the Mahâvrata
    day, the Abhijit and the Vishvajit, the three Svara-Sâman
    days on either side of Viṣhuvân, the Viṣhuvân itself, and
    the ten days of Dvâdashâha, making up 22 days in all, ex-
    clusive of Viṣhuvân, are the only parts that have any special-
    ity about them. The rest of the days are all made up by
    Abhiplava and Pṛiṣhṭhya shaḷahas, which, therefore, consti-
    tute what may. be called the elastic or the variable part of
    the yearly Sattra. Thus if we want a Gavâm-ayanam of ten
    months, we have only to strike off five shaḷahas from the