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मानसतरङ्गिणीकृत्
- alpha Orinionis = Betelgeuse इति केचित्। sirius इति मानसतरङ्गिणीकारः।
- The hands of rudra were associated with the other forward stars like beta.
- “ārdrayā rudraḥ prathamānam eti । This means that he original Ārdrā was likely seen as a bright star. Now, while both α Ori and α Canis Majoris are bright stars, α Ori is too close to Mṛgaśiras making α Can Ma more likely, and is also closer to the position of the later yogatāra (γ Geminorum) when projected on to the ecliptic.”
- “In the brāhmaṇa on the nakṣatra ritual in TB 1.5.1.1 the name Ārdrā is replaced by Mṛgayu which is always understood as Sirius: rudrasya bāhū mṛgayavaḥ”.
- Further, this is supported by the evidence of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa on the famed āgnimāruta-śastra recitation: प्रजापतिबाणो हि orion belt इति। स बाणो रोहिणीम् अनुसरते प्रजापतये। पूर्णकथा ऽत्र।
- “Further, the name Ārdrā means moist indicating a link with the wet season. The Iranian equivalent of Sirius, Tishtrya is also associated with rain suggesting that Ārdrā inherits this ancestral association.”
- “Another rich part of the sky with the open cluster M41 below Sirius. "
- “A good challenge in this constellation is to see the companion star of Sirius . It was predicted by great mathematician Friedrich Bessel through the wobble of Sirius and seen only later by others. It is a small star about the size of the Earth but with the mass of the sun. IA good challenge in this constellation is to see the companion star of Sirius . It was predicted by great mathematician Friedrich Bessel through the wobble of Sirius and seen only later by others. It is a small star about the size of the Earth but with the mass of the sun.”
- Sirius, the head of shabala praised at the morning shuna shairya offering of the pa~nchavimsha brAhmaNa.