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In the classical tradition this is ज्येष्ठा Jyeṣṭhā, attested in 5 texts.
The names
vernacular 1 · folk 1 · tribal 1 · borrowed 3
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| ಜೇಟೆ jēṭe | Kannada Karnataka (Mysore, Canara, Deccan) | — | borrowed |
| കേട്ട / തൃക്കേട്ട kēṭṭa / tṛkkēṭṭa | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | തൃ- (< തിരു) is the honorific 'sacred' Tṛkkēṭṭa is one of the inauspicious birth-stars in Kerala reckoning; Gundert lists it under ഗണ്ഡാന്തം (p. 329), the perilous junctions of the asterism cycle. | borrowed |
| अडवण्या aḍavaṇyā | Marathi Maharashtra | the obstructors / hinderers names both the asterism and the rain that falls under it | folk |
| Argom | Santali Santal Parganas, Jharkhand / adjoining Bengal and Odisha | a clod-crusher, a harrow without teeth A farming implement seen in the sky: three stars in a line with a fourth at the apex. | tribal |
| දෙට, දෙටු deṭa, deṭu | Sinhala Sri Lanka | — | borrowed |
| తాటిరిక్క tāṭi-rikka | Telugu Telugu country (Madras Presidency: Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, Telangana) | the palmyra star The month Jyeṣṭha is named from it: tāṭi-rikka-nela. | vernacular |
Sources
- Kittel, F., A Kannaḍa-English Dictionary (orig. Mangalore: Basel Mission, 1894); cited from the revised and enlarged edition, [Madras] University of Madras, 1968-71, as keyed for DSAL, s.v. ಜೇಟೆ jēṭe, p. 696 link
- Gundert, A Malayalam and English Dictionary (1872), s.v. കേട്ട kēṭṭa, p. 293 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. अडवण्या, p. 17 link
- Campbell, A Santali-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. Argom, p. 20 link
- Carter, A Sinhalese-English Dictionary (Colombo, 1924), s.v. දෙට, දෙටු deṭa, deṭu, p. 297 link
- Brown, C. P., A Telugu-English Dictionary, new ed., thoroughly revised and brought up to date (Madras: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1903), s.v. తాటి tāṭi, p. 521 link