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Saturn

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The names

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NameLanguageMeaningRegister
மைம்மீன்
mai-m-mīṉ
Tamil
Tamil Nadu
black star (mai 'blackness, collyrium')
Named by colour, like veṇmīṉ 'white star' for Venus and cemmīṉ 'red star'. The Puṟanāṉūṟu line stacks three portents — the black star smoking, a comet appearing, Venus running to the south — and says the good king's land is watered even so.
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Sources

  1. Puṟanāṉūṟu 117, ll. 1-2 (by Kapilar); Project Madurai e-text PM 0057 link