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Aquila · — · Aquila
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The names
vernacular 2 · tribal 2
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| गरुड garuḍa | Hindi Pan-Hindi (national print) | Garuda, the eagle The book's भारतीय नाम for the constellation in its complete 88-constellation concordance. Muley himself notes (p. ~16) that uniform Indian names across languages were still to be settled — the set is part report of circulating usage, part proposal. Prose: the mandala holding Shravana; एक्विला glossed गरुड या बाज़ पक्षी. | vernacular |
| ಜಟಾಯು Jaṭāyu | Kannada Karnataka (Mysore) | the Ramayana's vulture The epic vulture set on the Eagle — the book's own coinage; later Kannada usage (Nakshatra Darshana, 1954) moved Garuḍa here instead. | vernacular |
| Gurram / Guram | Kolami Kolam villages of Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts, Vidarbha, Maharashtra, and adjoining Adilabad, Telangana | 'a horse' Average rain at Landgi Pod, less rain at Kakban. | tribal |
| Si-kawi-kâp | Mizo (Lushai) the Lushai Hills, Assam (now Mizoram) | — | tribal |
Sources
- Gunakar Muley, Akash Darshan (New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, 1993), Appendix 4, 'Tara-mandal suchi', pp. 344-347, and p. ~236 link
- N. Venkatesha Ayyangar (transl.), Jyotirvinodini (Bengaluru: Karnataka Sahitya Parishattu, 1931; Karnataka Vaijnanika Grantha Mala 1), Appendix III (alphabetical sky-index), pp. 301-306 link
- M.N. Vahia, Ganesh Halkare, Kishore Menon and Harini Calamur, 'The astronomy of two Indian tribes: the Banjaras and the Kolams', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 17(1), 65-84 (2014), Table 2 row 12, p. 71, and Appendix 1.2.2 (Janguguda), p. 80 link
- J. Herbert Lorrain, Dictionary of the Lushai Language, Bibliotheca Indica Work No. 261 (Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, 1940), s.v. Si-kawi-kâp, p. 417 link