Indian Astrology.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 2

Indian Astrology.

Recently -there died, at tho holy city* of .Benares, a pundit* by name Churaraahi, "whose scholarship and learning were famous throiighbufc'Bengal. All his long,Jife-he was 93 when tie died— had been devoted *tq, studying the. Sanskrit classics, of which he,Avas reckoned the .most <*c6hsummate master between Allahabad ,apcl;,Calcutta. , Of this erudite Hindoo, a nephew—also a man of; great, learning -fells a story in a letter to a native J?aper which proves that? 'profound culture is Still "quite cbn'patible in the JEast wjth -profound supefs'ti- 1 ! tion. " some^qarsj agp,u Pundit * (Jhura* /mani fell into bad liealth, and, believdeath, v to,. b% , at ''hand'/* determined ,tothave "".himself ,at cpnve^ed SS t 0 "fedndres !i lti f 'drd { er'to ( breathe, 'his,, last \vithm''i'itsri'gacred<'pi ; o'ciricts/ - s ßut "just SsU^e^^as.abpjtit to set-out, "one' sf « his pupils, who was deeply versec| in .Hindoo astrology, declared .thatj.^hpre was. t nq jneed^ hu'rry^-'^aviHg ca'Mfuaf cast' his.re Wed; 'Master's hordsCop'e, r 'ne ; was rS! inf' % l pbsi-' itTony t 4 o a guarantefed^ihatl thlp^invalfd- 1 wojuld* 4 ,not. 'die,? »foB v^nothe?? 'sjlxs, yqarB 1 , 1 wWeri 1 ' '* W " '' would. * he, . - »Qaj'ried \ ,, o& af j d w lllheWr Placing impjic^, confidences in^^hir^-piUpirs ..powers, the sage cancelled his intended 5 %r$ to B^na^s^a^dfwaited quietly at home ; %ptil the years'pf grace had.nearly^pife.df; 3»*y»*-»'rfellr^>' »lay*WrfP d-nfeicld -n feicl^ L be l d^f^r "two f t rgonjbh^ f [fijarid Jdi^^pvel?'*!fiMttit ! •aflAp ,fBIP 4 »l%ii «Bfift d ay«s4fe «^tf»*nW TBlWemr s x»f vth© . PP.Phecv^r^ZlidM^ shjwjl^ | i»l|Wb#^ iftbjp^ jOther^ S^'O^hi^^^^^wsly, ■ ff aece"asedir" v ir 'V° *'• % ' **->.S'UH' - ;