Which languages name which stars

Every sky object in the database against every language that has a word for it — 583 filled cells of 3705. The gaps carry as much as the marks: a blank is a language for which no citable source gives a name, not a language that has none. Objects are ordered by how many languages name them; languages are grouped by family, because the repetitions across families — the cot, the plough, the road — are what the database is for.
tribal — a distinct Adivasi traditionfolk — rural or colloquial usagevernacular — formed in the language itselfborrowed — the prestige tradition's name, adapted — here always Sanskrit's
Where a language has more than one name for an object, the cell takes the least borrowed — a language that has both a loan and a word of its own is more interesting for the one it made. Hover any cell for the names. Each row is labelled with the Indian name first and the English one after it. That name is the pan-Indian form the object carries in the Sanskrit database where it has one; where it has none — comets, both appearances of Venus, and the unplaced figures — the label falls back to the first name in the database's own order, which is one language's word and not everyone's. Hover the row label and it tells you whose.
Indo-AryanDravidianMundaAustroasiaticTibeto-BurmanAndamanese
Hindi
Urdu
Punjabi
Rajasthani
Sindhi
Kashmiri
Chhattisgarhi
Marathi
Konkani
Gujarati
Bengali
Assamese
Odia
Sinhala
Lambadi (Banjara)
Bhili
Mavchi
Vasavi (Vasave Bhil)
Pauri Bareli (Pawra)
Kukna (Kokna)
Nepali
Kumaoni
Divehi (Mahl)
Pardhi
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Tulu
Kodava
Gondi
Kolami
Kurukh
Toda
Cholanaikkan
Kui
Santali
Mundari
Ho
Korku
Sora
Khasi
Nicobarese
Central Nicobarese (Camorta)
Chaura (Chowra)
Teressa
Mizo (Lushai)
Mara (Lakher)
Meitei (Manipuri)
Newar (Nepal Bhasa)
Garo
Angami Naga
Sema (Sumi) Naga
Rengma Naga
Ao Naga
Tibetan
Andamanese
Kṛttikā · The Pleiades41
Ākāśagaṅgā · The Milky Way39
Saptarṣayaḥ / Ṛkṣāḥ · Ursa Major (the Big Dipper)34
Tārā · Meteors and shooting stars33
Tārā · 'Star' as a word31
নেজাল তৰা · Comets30
Mṛga · Orion27
ভোটাতৰা · Venus as morning star27
Dhruva · The pole star25
हाँसुले पाँड़ुले · Figures with no secure modern identification22
Iṣus trikāṇḍā · Orion's Belt20
শুকতারা · Venus19
সন্ধ্যাতারা · Venus as evening star19
Nakṣatra · The lunar mansions as a system15
ഞാററുതല · The Sun14
Lubdhaka · Sirius12
ಮೀನ್ಗಳೆಱೆಯ · The Moon12
Agastya · Canopus11
Rohiṇī · The Hyades11
Rohiṇī · Aldebaran10
Jyeṣṭhā · Scorpius10
Svātī · Arcturus7
Jyeṣṭhā · Antares6
Punarvasu · Castor and Pollux6
Daatiya / Daatlo · Leo and Virgo6
Hulgi · Auriga5
Gongpatad; Beduk · Eclipses5
Tārā · 'Constellation' as a word4
Khayan · Centaurus4
Farayin / Farain · Directions taken from the sky4
Awsichakeipa · Mars4
Manganchi · Pegasus4
Aśvayuj · Seasonal and agricultural star-markers4
Kamarpatta; Gulel · The rainbow4
Abhijit · Vega4
Tārāpatha · 'Sky' as a word3
Śravaṇa · Altair3
Mangripe · Cassiopeia3
Mian · Crux (the Southern Cross)3
Maghā · Regulus3
Miryan · Taurus3
తేలురాశి · The zodiac3
Ṛkṣāḥ · Ursa Minor3
Gurram / Guram · Aquila2
Tiva Pate · Canis Major2
Brahmahṛdaya · Capella2
Hasta · Corvus2
Barre; Sir; mais · Cygnus2
Hrâng-chhuana · Jupiter2
suk-chen · Measuring the sky2
Citrā · Spica2
Tārāgrahāḥ · 'Planet' as a word1
Aśvayuj (Sheratan)1
Nangi · Corona Australis1
Si-hnawk-khur · Delphinus1
Pukula Thang · Grus1
hirumea parkom ipilko · Lupus1
Tushyepu · Mercury1
Nufa Thembu Inchuh · Monoceros1
Nakṣatra (star / asterism (generic))1
Pande; Beduk · Pisces1
Puṣya · Praesepe and Cancer1
மைம்மீன் · Saturn1
Chalan · The turning of the sky1
Viśākhā (ι Librae)1
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