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प्राजेश Prājeśa

Aldebaran · α Tauri · Taurus

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In the living languages

Aldebaran (11 names)

Attestations

Later siddhāntas & al-Bīrūnī · 628 CE
प्राजेशयोगतारा विक्षेपाः कला त्रिघनहीनः । आग्नेयस्य कलानामेकोनत्रिंशता हीनैः ॥ ८ ॥
No public-domain translation exists. Sense: 'The junction-star of Prājeśa (Rohiṇī) stands with its latitudes diminished by twenty-seven minutes; that of Āgneya (Kṛttikā), by twenty-nine minutes.' — Paraphrase by the compiler

'That of the Lord of Creatures' — Brahmagupta's name for ROHIṆĪ, whose divinity is Prajāpati, in the yogatārā table; its latitude is to be reduced by 27 minutes. NAME-COLLISION WARNING: Prājeśa/Prajāpati here denotes Rohiṇī = α Tauri, NOT the separate fixed star Prajāpati = δ Aurigae of Sūrya Siddhānta 8.20–21 already on file. The two must not be merged.

Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, Bhagrahayutyadhikāra 8 · text · translation

See also

Rohiṇī, Prajāpati