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The names
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| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awsichakeipa | Mara (Lakher) the Lakher country, southern Lushai Hills (now southern Mizoram) and the Chin Hills | 'the tiger star' The tiger that came to eat the mother and daughter at their weaving. It is redder in colour than other stars. | tribal |
| Si-kei-sen, Si-sakei | Mizo (Lushai) the Lushai Hills, Assam (now Mizoram) | sen is 'red' Lorrain gives two senses at one headword: the planet Mars, and Betelgeuse. One name for the two conspicuous red objects in the sky, planet and star alike. | tribal |
| Sukari, Sukkari | Pardhi fourteen Pardhi villages of the Amravati and Yeotmal districts, Vidarbha, Maharashtra, surveyed 2016-2018 | Recorded in nine villages, as was the conjunction of Venus and Mars. | tribal |
| jan(d)rʔum-tuj | Sora the Sora country of the Ganjam and Koraput hills, Odisha and northern Andhra | — | tribal |
Sources
- N.E. Parry, The Lakhers (London: Macmillan, 1932), p. 494 link
- J. Herbert Lorrain, Dictionary of the Lushai Language, Bibliotheca Indica Work No. 261 (Calcutta: The Asiatic Society, 1940), s.v. Si-kei-sen, p. 417 link
- Ganesh Halkare, Purushottam Dahedar, Wayne Orchiston and M.N. Vahia, 'Astronomy of the Pardhi tribe of central India', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 22(1), 179-194 (2019), Table 5, pp. 184-185 link
- G.V. Ramamurti, Sora-English Dictionary (Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1938), s.v. jan(d)r'ʔum-'tuj, p. 120 link