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मैत्रावरुणिः Maitrāvaruṇi

Canopus · α Carinae · Carina

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In the living languages

Canopus (14 names)

Attestations

Lexicons, Nirukta & Buddhist · c. 6th century CE
मैत्रावरुणिरस्यैव लोपामुद्रा सधर्मिणी ॥ १.३.२१६ ॥
'His consort' [Lopāmudrā] follows; Colebrooke glosses the preceding names as 'regent of the star Canopus'. — H.T. Colebrooke (1808)

'Son of Mitra and Varuṇa' — third synonym of Agastya/Canopus in the lexicon's entry, an old Vedic patronymic of the sage. NOTE: Lopāmudrā, named in the same verse, is EXCLUDED from this database as a star name — Colebrooke glosses her only as 'His consort', and the lexicon does not treat her as a star.

Amarakośa 1.3.216 (Dig-varga) · text · translation

See also

Agastya, Kumbhasambhava