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Gujarati

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Spoken in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, Gujarat.

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The sky in Gujarati

NameObjectMeaningRegister
Kritika, Rohini, Arudra, Mragshir, RevtiThe lunar mansions as a system
each asterism carries a dated window and a rain omen: e.g. only a drizzle while the moon is in Kṛttikā (8-21 May) means partial failure of the rains
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nakshatraThe lunar mansions as a systemlunar mansion
rain in mṛg is believed to breed insects; rain in punarvasu to breed a stalk-borer in the millets
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Sources

  1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. IX Part I: Gujarát Population, Hindus (Bombay: Government Central Press, 1901), pp. 352-353 link
  2. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. IV: Ahmedabad (Bombay: Government Central Press, 1879), p. 61 link