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Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor · α–η Ursae Minoris · Ursa Minor
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In the classical tradition this is ऋक्षाः Ṛkṣāḥ, attested in 3 texts.
The names
vernacular 2 · borrowed 1
| Name | Language | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| ഋക്ഷം ṛkṣam | Malayalam Kerala (Malabar, Cochin, Travancore) | 'bear' Used in the compound ജന്മര്ക്ഷദിനം 'the day of one's birth-asterism'. | borrowed |
| ध्रुवमत्स्य dhruvamatsya | Marathi Maharashtra | the pole-fish | vernacular |
| فرقدان farqadān | Urdu Urdu, from Arabic | 'the two calves' (dual of farqad 'a calf') The Arabic al-farqadān, the pair that circles close to the pole. Shakespear (1834, p. 1258) muddles them as 'Two stars near the pole, the greater and lesser bears'; Platts has the identification right. | vernacular |