This multilingual table is listed as a separate blog post, so I (and others) can reference in it my other essays. I prepared it mainly based on printed notes handed out by Dr Devadoss, who taught a class on astronomy at the Birla Planetarium in Kotturpuram, Madras, in 2004.
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Star Name in Sanskrit
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Sanskrit Month
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Tamil Month
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Star Name in
Tamil
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Star name with
constellation
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Star name in
English or Arabic
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Asvini
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Asvina
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ஐப்பசி
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அசுவினி
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Beta Aries
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Bharani
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பரணி
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35 Aries
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Krittika
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Karthika
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கார்த்திகை
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கார்த்திகை
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Eta Tauri
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Alcyone
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Rohini
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ரோகிணி
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Alpha Tauri
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Aldebaran
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Mrigasirsa
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Margarisa
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மார்கழி
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மிருகசீரிசம்
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Lambda Orionis
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Ardra
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திருவாதிரை
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Alpha Orionis
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Betelgeuse
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Punarvasu
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புனர்பூசம்
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Beta Geminoram
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Pollux
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Pushya
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Pausa
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தை
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பூசம்
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Delta Canceri
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Aslesha
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ஆயில்யம்
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81 Canceri
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Magha
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Magha
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மாசி
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மகம்
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Alpha Leonis
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Regulus
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Poorva Phalguni
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பூரம்
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Theta Leonis
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Uthara Phalguni
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Phalguni
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பங்குனி
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உத்திரம்
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Beta Leonis
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Denebola
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Hastha
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அஸ்தம்
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Delta Corvi
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Chithra
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Chaithra
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சித்திரை
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சித்திரை
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Alpha Virginis
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Spica
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Swathi
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ஸ்வாதி
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Alpha Bootes
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Arcturus
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Visaka
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Vaisaka
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வைகாசி
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விசாகம்
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Iota Libra
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Anuradha
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அனுஷம்
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Beta Scorpii
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Jyeshta
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Jyaistha
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ஆனி
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கேட்டை
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Alpha Scorpii
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Antares
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Moola
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மூலம்
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Lambda Scorpii
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Shaula
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Poorva Ashada
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Ashada
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ஆடி
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பூராடம்
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Delta Sagittarii
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Uthara Ashada
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உத்திராடம்
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Phi Sagittarii
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Sravana
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Sravana
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ஆவணி
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திருவோணம்
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Alpha Aquilae
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Altair
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Sravistha
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அவிட்டம்
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Alpha Delphini
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Satabhishaj
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சதயம்
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Alpha Aquarii
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Poorva Bhadrapada
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Bhadrapada
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புரட்டாசி
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பூரட்டாதி
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Alpha Pegasii
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Markab
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Uthara Bhadrapada
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உத்திரட்டாதி
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Gamma Pegasii
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Algenib
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Revathi
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ரேவதி
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Zeta Pescium
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Notes November 13, 2022 Some of these star identifications are contested or disputed.
Chidamabaram Iyer of Madurai in is the Introduction to his 1884 English translation of Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita (1885) disagrees that Revathi is Zeta Piscium, as it is not on the ecliptic. He also writes that the star Revathi seems to have disappeared. Did it turn nova, but went unobserved by Indian astronomers.
There are other scholars who disagree that Betelgeuse is Ardra or Tiruvaadirai for similar reasons.
Very useful tabulation for reference. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI've become a visitor of this page every full-moon to get the name of the star in proximity to the moon. This month is Bhadrapada and I see Algenib close to the moon as well as the Markab.
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