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A CHINESE ACCOUNT BY HIUAN TSANG

AN INDIAN PICTURE SHOWING THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.

According to the sacred doctrine of the Tathagata (Buddha), the year has three seasons. From the sixteenth day of the first month till the fifteenth day of the fifth month is called the hot season; from the sixteenth day of the fifth month till the fifteenth of the ninth month is called the rainy season; from the sixteenth day of the ninth month to the fifteenth day of the first month is called the cold season. Sometimes the year is divided into four seasons – spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The three spring months are called Chi-ta-lo (Sanskrit Chaitra) month, Fei-she-kie (Sanskrit Vaisakha) month, She-se-ch'a (Sanskrit

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