A. Soulajipa

ASIATIC RESEARCHES:

OR,

TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

SOCIETY INSTITUTED IN BENGAL,

For inquiring into the

History and Antiquities,

THE

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE,

OF

ASIA.

VOLUME THE EIGHTH.

PRINTED VERBATIM FROM THE CALCUTTA EDITION.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE.

I. Observations respecting the remarkable effects of Sol-

Lunar Influence in the Fevers of India: with the

scheme of an Astronomical Ephemeris for the

purposes of Medicine and Meteorology,...

II. Extract from a Journal, during the late Campaign in

Egypt,

III. Of the origin of the Hindu Religion,

or “ Essence تهذيب المنطق IV. Extract from the

of Logic," proposed as a small Supplement to

Arabic and Persian Grammar, and with a view

to elucidate certain points connected with Ori-

ental literature,

V. An Account of the Measurement of an Arc on the

meridian on the Coast of Coromandel, and the

length of a degree deduced therefrom in the la-

titude 12° 32',

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35

44

89

137

VI. On the Hindu Systems of Astronomy, and their con-

nection with History in ancient and modern times, 195

VII. An Essay on the Sacred Isles, in the West, with other

Essays, connected with that Work,

VIII. On the Védas, or Sacred Writings of the Hindus,•

IX. A Botanical and Economical Account of Bassia

Butyracea, or East India Butter Tree,

X. Description of a species of Ox, named Gayál,

APPENDIX.

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Introductory Remarks, intended to have accompanied Cap-

tain MAHONY'S Paper on Ceylon, and the doctrines of

BUDDHA, published in the seventh volume of the Asiatic

Researches, but inadvertently omitted in publishing that

Volume,

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