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Sky objects
65 things in the sky, and what the languages of South Asia call them.
- Ursa Major (the Big Dipper) 93 names · 34 languages
- The Pleiades 87 names · 41 languages
- The Milky Way 74 names · 39 languages
- The lunar mansions as a system 69 names · 15 languages
- Orion 61 names · 27 languages
- Figures with no secure modern identification 48 names · 22 languages
- Meteors and shooting stars 45 names · 33 languages
- Comets 45 names · 30 languages
- 'Star' as a word 44 names · 31 languages
- Venus as morning star 41 names · 27 languages
- The pole star 36 names · 25 languages
- Orion's Belt 30 names · 20 languages
- Venus 23 names · 19 languages
- Venus as evening star 22 names · 19 languages
- Directions taken from the sky 18 names · 4 languages
- The Moon 17 names · 12 languages
- Sirius 16 names · 12 languages
- The Sun 14 names · 14 languages
- Canopus 14 names · 11 languages
- Scorpius 12 names · 10 languages
- The Hyades 11 names · 11 languages
- Aldebaran 11 names · 10 languages
- Centaurus 10 names · 4 languages
- Arcturus 8 names · 7 languages
- Castor and Pollux 8 names · 6 languages
- Pegasus 7 names · 4 languages
- Antares 6 names · 6 languages
- Leo and Virgo 6 names · 6 languages
- Auriga 5 names · 5 languages
- Eclipses 5 names · 5 languages
- Seasonal and agricultural star-markers 5 names · 4 languages
- Vega 5 names · 4 languages
- Taurus 5 names · 3 languages
- 'Constellation' as a word 4 names · 4 languages
- Mars 4 names · 4 languages
- The rainbow 4 names · 4 languages
- Crux (the Southern Cross) 4 names · 3 languages
- Corvus 4 names · 2 languages
- Spica 4 names · 2 languages
- 'Sky' as a word 3 names · 3 languages
- Altair 3 names · 3 languages
- Cassiopeia 3 names · 3 languages
- Regulus 3 names · 3 languages
- The zodiac 3 names · 3 languages
- Ursa Minor 3 names · 3 languages
- Canis Major 3 names · 2 languages
- Capella 3 names · 2 languages
- Cygnus 3 names · 2 languages
- Jupiter 3 names · 2 languages
- Aquila 2 names · 2 languages
- Measuring the sky 2 names · 2 languages
- Praesepe and Cancer 2 names · 1 languages
- Viśākhā (ι Librae) 2 names · 1 languages
- 'Planet' as a word 1 names · 1 languages
- Aśvayuj (Sheratan) 1 names · 1 languages
- Corona Australis 1 names · 1 languages
- Delphinus 1 names · 1 languages
- Grus 1 names · 1 languages
- Lupus 1 names · 1 languages
- Mercury 1 names · 1 languages
- Monoceros 1 names · 1 languages
- Nakṣatra (star / asterism (generic)) 1 names · 1 languages
- Pisces 1 names · 1 languages
- Saturn 1 names · 1 languages
- The turning of the sky 1 names · 1 languages