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Add comment justifying constellation art. (#2559)
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vvasuki authored Aug 9, 2022
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# अभि + जि + क्विप् ।
Abh "Abhijit" _("Victorious")
Śra "Śravaṇa" _("Ear")
# Ancient name: श्रविष्ठा, or "most famous".
# Ancient name: श्रविष्ठा (śraviṣṭhā), or "most famous".
Dhani "Dhaniṣṭhā" _("Wealthiest")
# vAchaspatyam: शतं भिषज इव ताराः यत्र ।
Śata "Śatabhiṣak" _("Hundred cures")
# Ancient name: प्रोष्ठपद

# Ancient name: prōṣṭhapada. Prōṣṭha referred to a bench in some vedic literature, and later a bull/ ox.
# The dhiṣṇiya-incantations (KYV 1.3.3), which specially end referring to the deities of the below asterisms, are associated as hoofs of the winged suparNa/ garutman in kr̥ṣṇa-yajur-veda. Further, there is the (winged horse) Pegasus - dadhikrāvā association.
PBhā "Pūrva bhādrapada" _("The first of the blessed feet")
UBhā "Uttara bhādrapada" _("The second of the blessed feet")
# Ultimately from रेव (प्लुतौ व्रजे).
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