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In the classical tradition this is हस्त Hasta, attested in 6 texts.
The names
vernacular 1 · folk 3 · borrowed 1
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| काक kāka | Hindi Pan-Hindi (national print) | the crow 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 |
| ह॑स्तु॒ hostu | Kashmiri Kashmir valley | The thirteenth of the twenty-seven lunar mansions. | borrowed |
| Hasti Nakshatra | Marathi Satara district, Deccan | the Elephant asterism names the heavy westerly downpour of September, distinguished by cultivators from the regular south-west monsoon | folk |
| हत्ती hattī | Marathi Maharashtra | elephant हत्तीचें उथाण, the sultriness of the Hasta period; Pr. पडेल हत्ती तर पाडील भिंती, 'if the elephant falls it will bring down walls' — of torrential rain | folk |
| हत्तीबार hattībāra | Marathi Maharashtra | the elephant-crop the second fruit crop of the year, ripening under Hasta | folk |
Sources
- Gunakar Muley, Akash Darshan (New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, 1993), Appendix 4, 'Tara-mandal suchi', pp. 344-347, and p. ~130 link
- Sir George Abraham Grierson, A Dictionary of the Kashmiri Language, compiled partly from materials left by the late Pandit Isvara Kaula (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1916-1932), s.v. hostu, p. 354 link
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. XIX: Satara (Bombay: Government Central Press, 1885), p. 19 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. हत्ती, p. 885 link
- J. T. Molesworth, A Dictionary, Marathi and English, 2nd ed. rev. and enl. (Bombay: Bombay Education Society's Press, 1857), s.v. हत्तीबार, p. 885 link