Mavchi
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Spoken in Mavchi Bhil village 12 and Kokna village 10, north-western Maharashtra, Mavchi Bhil villages, north-western Maharashtra, Visarwadi, Mavchi Bhil village, north-western Maharashtra.
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The sky in Mavchi
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| dhorkya | Auriga | 'cattle herder' | tribal |
| अळी ali | Scorpius | 'a worm' The Pawras noted that Orion and Scorpius are 180° apart, so that when one rises the other sets. | tribal |
| [young girls crushing grain; no form printed] | The Pleiades | Used as a time indicator; the Mavchi Bhils said that when it was not in the sky that stretch of time had no name. | tribal |
| Juga Medhi | The pole star | 'the central post of the world' | tribal |
Sources
- Shreya Shetye, Ganesh Halkare and Aniket Sule, 'Bhil, Pawra and Kokna astronomy', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 26(2), 441-468 (2023), p. 464 link
- Shreya Shetye, Ganesh Halkare and Aniket Sule, 'Bhil, Pawra and Kokna astronomy', Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 26(2), 441-468 (2023), p. 463 link