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Corona Borealis
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The names
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| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| उत्तरी किरीट uttarī kirīṭ | Hindi Pan-Hindi (national print) | the northern crown The book's भारतीय नाम for the constellation in its complete 88-constellation concordance. Muley himself notes (p. ~16) that uniform Indian names across languages were still to be settled — the set is part report of circulating usage, part proposal. | vernacular |
| उत्तरमुकुट uttaramukuṭa | Marathi Maharashtra | the northern crown One of the Sanskrit names for the Western constellations that Dikshit credits to Bal Shastri Jambhekar (d. 1846) and reports as current: 'पाश्चात्यांनीं कल्पिलेल्या बाकीच्या राशींस संस्कृत संज्ञा शास्त्री जांभेकर यांनीं दिल्या आहेत. त्याच हल्लीं मराठींत येतात.' (p. 35-36). The 1866 nova is T Coronae Borealis. | vernacular |