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| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| तिमिंगल timiṅgala | Hindi Pan-Hindi (national print) | the whale 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. | vernacular |
| तिमिंगल timiṅgala | Marathi Maharashtra | the whale (whale-swallower) One of the Sanskrit names for the Western constellations that Dikshit credits to Bal Shastri Jambhekar (d. 1846) and reports as current: 'पाश्चात्यांनीं कल्पिलेल्या बाकीच्या राशींस संस्कृत संज्ञा शास्त्री जांभेकर यांनीं दिल्या आहेत. त्याच हल्लीं मराठींत येतात.' (p. 35-36). Mira is glossed अद्भुत 'the wonderful' — a Marathi rendering of the Latin name. | vernacular |