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Gautam Majumdar wrote:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 05:42:27 +0100, Arjun Ray wrote:

I'm having trouble finding a suitable program, from the huge selection
of "planetarium" software out there, which will help me identify stars
that could correspond to a set of rather ancient names found in Vedic
texts. There is a strong tradition about these names, but no reliable
evidence that what these names signify today are the same as what they
did long ago.

Look in some History of Indian Astronomy book. Names of the Nakshatryas
with their Arabic names are often given in those books. Almost all
planetarium programs would recognise the Arabic names.

Another good source is R.H. Allen's classic "Star Names, their Lore
and Meaning": it has one charpter dedicated to these so-called "lunar
mansions", and he deals with the Indian as well as the Arabic and the
Chinese mansions.

The rest is useed only for astrology - so deleted.

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